The lander and rover of the Chang’e-4 probe have resumed work for a 29th lunar day on the far side of the moon.<\/p>\n
The lander woke up at 9:43 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 3:54 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.<\/p>\n
The Chang’e-4 probe, switching to dormant mode during the lunar night due to the lack of solar power, has survived about 825 Earth days on the moon. A lunar day is equal to 14 days on Earth, and a lunar night is the same length.<\/p>\n
Located in the northwest of Chang’e-4’s landing site, the rover has traveled about 682.8 meters. The linear distance between the rover and the landing site is about 455 meters.<\/p>\n
During its 29th lunar day, the rover will continue to move northwest toward the basalt distribution area located about 1.2 km away from the rover.<\/p>\n
The equipment aboard the rover, including a panoramic camera, an infrared imaging spectrometer, a neutral atom detector and a lunar radar, will continue to carry out scientific explorations.<\/p>\n
The Chang’e-4 probe, launched on Dec. 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3, 2019. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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