The lander and rover of the Chang’e-4 probe have resumed work for the 20th lunar day on the far side of the moon.<\/p>\n
The lander woke up at 5:48 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), and the rover awoke at 12:53 p.m. Tuesday. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.<\/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
The Chang’e-4 probe, switching to dormant mode during the lunar night due to the lack of solar power, has survived about 559 Earth days on the moon.<\/p>\n
The rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has worked much longer than its three-month design life, becoming the longest-working lunar rover on the moon.<\/p>\n
On the 20th lunar day, the neutron radiation detector and low-frequency radio spectrometer on the lander will be switched on.<\/p>\n
The rover, based on the lunar surface image data obtained earlier, will continue to move northwest toward the basalt area or the impact craters with high reflectivity.<\/p>\n
The near-infrared spectrometer, panoramic camera, neutral atom detector and lunar radar on the rover will continue to carry out planned scientific exploration.<\/p>\n
Through the analysis of the Chang’e-4 radar data, researchers recently found a multi-layer underground structure in the landing area and confirmed that multiple lava-infilling events occurred in the Von Karman Crater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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