ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A Chinese spacecraft landed successfully on the moon on Saturday (December 14), state media reported, in the first such "soft-landing" since 1976, joining the United States and the former Soviet Union in managing to accomplish such a feat.<br/> <br />China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast images of the Chang'e-3 probe's location and a computer generated image of the probe on the surface of the moon.<br/> <br />The Chang'e-3, a probe named after a lunar goddess in traditional Chinese mythology, is carrying the solar-powered Yutu, or Jade Rabbit buggy, which will dig and conduct geological surveys.<br/> <br />China has been increasingly ambitious in developing its space programmes, for military, commercial and scientific purposes.<br/> <br />The official Xinhua news service reported that the spacecraft had touched down in the Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows, at 9:12 p.m. local time (1312 GMT) after hovering over the surface for several minutes seeking an appro
