[Photos from the Moon's Far Side! China's Chang'e 4 Lunar Landing in Pictures] The moon's surface experiences days and nights that each last about 14 Earth days, and the mission landed just after sunrise at Von Kármán Crater. Chinese media reported yesterday (Jan. 10) that Yutu 2 ...
29 (Xinhua) -- China is pressing ahead with its mission to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030, moving quickly with development and construction to turn this goal into reality, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced at a press conference on Tuesday. The production and ground tests ...
Since landing, both lander and rover have successfully operated their combined eight science instruments, and the rover has travelled in a semicircle around the lander, with the two spacecraft snapping photos of each other. In two-week periods of activity, followed by two-week periods of hibernat...
This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) today shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 probe landing on the far side of the moon. Photos by Xinhua China's Chang'e...
[Moon Photos by China's Chang'e 2 Lunar Orbiter (Gallery)] Laplace A crater and nearby wrinkle ridge (diagonal at across lower right). The question mark shows a potential landing site from which the rover could traverse Northwest across the ridge to the edge of the crater. (Image credit:...
China landed a probe on the unexplored far side of the moon last night and their space agency hasreleasedthe first photos: First photo of the far side of the moon. Far side of the moon image taken as the lander descends. Image of the far side of the moon after landing. ...
The best of National Geographic delivered to your inbox Sign up for more inspiring photos, stories, and special offers from National Geographic.Sign Up Legal Terms of Use Privacy Policy Interest-Based Ads Our Sites Nat Geo Home Attend a Live Event Book a Trip Buy Maps Inspire Your Kids Shop...
[Photos from the Moon's Far Side! China's Chang'e 4 Lunar Landing in Pictures] The moon's surface experiences days and nights that each last about 14 Earth days, and the mission landed just after sunrise at Von Kármán Crater. Chinese media reported Jan. 10 that Yutu 2 successfully ...
The first image of the moon's far side taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe. Despite such advances in lunar knowledge, the Chinese space program began by repeating feats that its U.S. and Soviet counterparts achieved decades ago. But the Chang’e 4 mission to make a soft landing on the ...
"Witnessing our progress in space makes me wonder if one day, I can travel to the moon to take photos of the stars," he said. The moon has been a source of inspiration in many ancient cultures. In China, the first lunar journey by human appeared in the story of Chang'e, who flew...