Chinese spacecraft makes historic 'dark side' lunar landing | Engadget Today
Published on Jan 3, 2019
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Chang’e-4 lands on the Moon and sends back first images
Published on Jan 2, 2019
China’s Chang'e-4 lunar mission (lander and rover) landed in the Von Karman Crater, located in the Aitken Basin, in the South Pole region on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019, at 02:26 UTC (10:26 Beijing time). The Chang’e-4 lunar mission was launched by a Long March-3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 7 December 2018, at 18:23 UTC (8 December at 02:23 local time).
Chang’e-4 Yutu-2 rover starts exploring the Von Karman Crater
Published on Jan 4, 2019
The Chang’e-4 rover, named Yutu-2 (玉兔二号, Jade Rabbit-2), was deployed onto the surface of the Von Karman Crater, on 3 January 2019, at 14:22 UTC (22:22 Beijing time). The Von Karman Crater is located in the Aitken Basin, in the South Pole region on the far side of the Moon. China’s Chang’e-4 (嫦娥四号) lunar mission landed in the crater on 3 January 2019, at 02:26 UTC (10:26 Beijing time). Communications with Earth are provided by the relay satellite Queqiao (鹊桥, Magpie Bridge).
Chang’e-4’s landing site named Statio Tianhe
Published on Feb 15, 2019
The International Astronomical Union has approved official names for five sites on the far side of the Moon. Chang’e-4’s landing site was named Statio Tianhe from Statio – Latin for outpost, station, and Tianhe – Chinese name for the Milky Way. Zhinyu, Hegu and Tianjin correspond to characters in the folk tale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl”, which references Tianhe as the sky river that separated Niulang and Zhinyu.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Yutu-2 reveals the Moon’s farside shallow subsurface structure
Feb 27, 2020
China’s Chang’e-4 mission on the far side of the Moon returned observations made by the Lunar Penetrating Radar onboard the Yutu-2 rover. Chang’e-4 landed in the Von Karman Crater, located in the Aitken Basin, in the South Pole region on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019, at 02:26 UTC (10:26 Beijing time). Chang’e-4’s landing site was named Statio Tianhe
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The Moon’s farside shallow subsurface structure unveiled by Chang’E-4 Lunar Penetrating Radar
Chunlai Li, Yan Su, Elena Pettinelli, Shuguo Xing1, Chunyu Ding, Jianjun Liu, Xin Ren, Sebastian E. Lauro, Francesco Soldovieri, Xingguo Zeng, Xingye Gao, Wangli Chen, Shun Dai, Dawei Liu, Guangliang Zhang, Wei Zuo, Weibin Wen, Zhoubin Zhang, Xiaoxia Zhang and Hongbo Zhang
Science Advances, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6898
Video footage: China Central Television (CCTV)
Yutu-2 has traveled over 1000 metres the far side of the Moon
Jan 17, 2022
The Yutu-2 rover has traveled over 1000 metres, since its landing in the Von Karman Crater, located in the Aitken Basin, in the South Pole region on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. According to mission specialists, the Chang’e-4 lander and the Yutu-2 rover are in good working condition, with the rover travelling northwest to a basalt region. Chang’e-4’s landing site was named Statio Tianhe.
Yutu-2 studies the South Pole-Aitken basin
Jul 15, 2022
Based on the data collected by Yutu-2, the Chang’e-4 mission’s rover, researchers propose new hypothesis on the formation of the South Pole-Aitken basin on the Moon. The Chang'e-4 lander and the Yutu-2 rover have been switched to dormant mode on 5 July 2022, for the duration of the lunar night (14 days on Earth).
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China Central Television (CCTV)
Radiative Transfer Modeling of Chang'e-4 Spectroscopic Observations and Interpretation of the South Pole-Aitken Compositional Anomaly
Jian Chen, Zongcheng Ling, Bradley L. Jolliff, Lingzhi Sun, Le Qiao, Jianzhong Liu, Xiaohui Fu, Jiang Zhang, Bo Li, Changqing Liu, Xiaobin Qi, Xuejin Lu, Zhiping He, and Rui Xu
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 931, Number 2; DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/ac6e6c
Chang’e-6 to return samples from the far side of the Moon
Sep 12, 2022
According to the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the Chang’e-6 mission will return samples from the far side of the Moon. According to Liu Jizhong (director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center), the Chang’e-6 (嫦娥六) probe is almost completed and the mission is expected to be launched in 2024.
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