Editing Mare Imbrium (section)

===Chinese landing===
{{Main|Chang'e 3|Yutu (rover)}}
[[File:Chang'e-3 lunar landing site.jpg|thumb|The planned landing site for [[Chang'e 3]] was [[Sinus Iridum]]. The actual landing took place on Mare Imbrium]]
Chang'e 3 landed on 14 December 2013 on Mare Imbrium, about 40&nbsp;km south of the 6&nbsp;km diameter ''Laplace F'' crater,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/3-moon/20131214_change_landing_location.jpg | title = Chang'e 3 landing coordinates | access-date = 2013-12-15 | date = 14 December 2013 | work = China News (CN)}}</ref><ref name='Landing in Mare Imbrium'>{{cite news | author1 = Emily Lakdawalla |author2=Phil Stooke | title = Chang'e 3 has successfully landed on the Moon! | date = December 2013 | url = http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/12140619-change-3-has-successfully-landed.html | work = The Planetary Society | access-date = 2013-12-15}}</ref>  at 44.1260°N 19.5014°W.<ref name='Landing in Mare Imbrium'/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spaceflightnow.com/china/change3/131214landing/#.Uqzk7EAwCZA | title=China successfully lands robotic rover on the moon>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/mw1024/5f50f3afgw1ebjm28fzibj20v31rjgvr.jpg | title = Landing map of Chang'e 3 }}</ref>
The lander deployed the Yutu rover 7 hours and 24 minutes later.<ref>{{cite news | first = Ian | last = O'Neil | title = China's Rover Rolls! Yutu Begins Moon Mission | date = 14 December 2013 | publisher = CCTV | url = http://news.discovery.com/space/chinas-rover-rolls-yutu-begins-moon-mission-131214.htm | work = Discovery News | access-date = 2013-12-15 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185633/http://news.discovery.com/space/chinas-rover-rolls-yutu-begins-moon-mission-131214.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Chang'e 3 mission attempted to perform the first direct measurement of the structure and depth of the [[lunar soil]] down to a depth of {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and investigate the [[Internal structure of the Moon|lunar crust structure]] down to several hundred meters deep.<ref name="xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-06/">{{Cite news |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-06/14/c_112217044.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617020908/http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-06/14/c_112217044.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2012 |title=欧阳自远：嫦娥三号明年发射将实现着陆器与月球车联合探测 |publisher=Xinhua|date=14 June 2012|access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref> The rover's ground penetrating radar found evidence of at least nine distinct [[rock layers]], indicating that the area had surprisingly complex geological processes and is compositionally distinct from the Apollo and Luna landing sites.<ref name="layered">{{cite news |last=Wall |first=Mike |url=http://www.space.com/28810-moon-history-chinese-lunar-rover.html?adbid=10152690360766466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465 |title=The Moon's History Is Surprisingly Complex, Chinese Rover Finds |work=Space.com |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=A young multilayered terrane of the northern Mare Imbrium revealed by Chang'E-3 mission |journal=Science |date=13 March 2015 |last=Xiao |first=Long |volume=347 |issue=6227 |pages=1226–1229 |doi=10.1126/science.1259866 |bibcode = 2015Sci...347.1226X |pmid=25766228|s2cid=206561783 }}</ref>