land a spacecraft on the moon. the jade rabbit rover made its first move on the surface today. it's been 35 years since that has happened. here's don dahler. >> reporter: when the spacecraft settled on to the lunar dust on saturday, it was as much a source of national pride for the chinese as it was scientific research. state tv carried live images as well as computer generated animation of the feat. china succeeded on its very first try. which was not the case when the u.s. and soviets first tried. both had multiple failures before they finally succeeded. cbs news space consultant bill harwood. >> of course they had the benefit of decades of watching their competitor does it first. so i think that is without a doubt a huge help. but at the end of the day, they still had to pull it off. and they did. and it's an impressive feat. >> the chinese then deployed a lunar rover named jade rabbit. the moment it rolled on to the lunar surface, scientists broke