China 's unmanned space craft successfully released a moon rover . The moon exploration makes China one of only three nations -- after the United States and the former Soviet Union -- to `` soft-land '' on the moon 's surface , and the first to do so in more than three decades . Three nations now have soft-landed on moon 's surface . Comment: China has rapidly built up its space program .
China 's unmanned space craft successfully released a moon rover . Three nations now have soft-landed on moon 's surface . Comment: China has rapidly built up its space program .