China’s first Moon lander, Chang’e-3, taken by Yutu-1 rover during 2013 nearside exploration.Credit: CNSA/CLEP “From the video, we can see more dust was thrown up when the Chang’e-4 touched down on the farside of the Moon compared with the landing of Chang’e-3, indicating that...
China's first-ever moon rover is driving on the lunar surface after successfully separating from its carrier lander to begin exploring its landing locale.
[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 ...
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...
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 ...
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. ...
[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 ...
This is the first time any craft has reached the far side of the moon. Credit: AP Among the images is a 360-degree panorama stitched together from 80 photos taken by a camera on the lander after it released the rover on to the lunar surface, Xinhua said, citing Li Chunlai, dep...
a six-wheeled robot built to trundle across the dusty, time-weatheredterrainfor months. Yutu — which means "Jade Rabbit" — is named after the rabbit that travels with the goddess Chang'e to the moon in Chinese legends. [See photos from China's Chang'e 3 moon landing and rov...
3, 2019 shows the first image of the moon's far side taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe. China's Chang'e-4 probe touched down on the far side of the moon Thursday, becoming the first spacecraft soft-landing on the moon's uncharted side never visible from Earth. The probe, ...