Debris from the Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover plummeted to earth in a village in Suining county, Hunan province, more than a thousand kilometres from the launch site. Photo: AFP
Debris from the Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover plummeted to earth in a village in Suining county, Hunan province, more than a thousand kilometres from the launch site. Photo: AFP
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Space launch debris wrecks Hunan villagers’ homes

AFP

Updated: 10:31am, 16 Dec, 2013

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Debris from the Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover plummeted to earth in a village in Suining county, Hunan province, more than a thousand kilometres from the launch site. Photo: AFP
Debris from the Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover plummeted to earth in a village in Suining county, Hunan province, more than a thousand kilometres from the launch site. Photo: AFP
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