Chinese Spacecraft Makes First-Ever Landing on Moon’s Dark Side
China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon. The Chang'e-4 has already sent back the first close-up pictures of the area’s surface
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| 03/01/2019
The first image of the moon's far side taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe (China National Space Administration/Xinhua News Agency via AP)
China’s space program made history this morning when its Chang’e-4 lunar spacecraft successfully touched down on the moon’s far side.
The lunar lander and rover spacecraft completed the world’s first soft-landing on the uncharted far side at 10.26am Hong Kong time, near the moon’s south pole, before taking the first photograph of that part of the moon.
China National Space Administration has said that Chang’e-4’s scientific tasks included astronomical observation using low-frequency radio; surveying the terrain and land forms; detecting the mineral composition and shallow lunar surface structure; and measuring neutron radiation and neutral atoms – all to develop an understanding of the environment on the moon’s far side.
[Source: South China Morning Post]
China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon. The Chang'e-4 has already sent back the first close-up pictures of the area’s surface
The first image of the moon's far side taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe (China National Space Administration/Xinhua News Agency via AP)
China’s space program made history this morning when its Chang’e-4 lunar spacecraft successfully touched down on the moon’s far side.
The lunar lander and rover spacecraft completed the world’s first soft-landing on the uncharted far side at 10.26am Hong Kong time, near the moon’s south pole, before taking the first photograph of that part of the moon.
China National Space Administration has said that Chang’e-4’s scientific tasks included astronomical observation using low-frequency radio; surveying the terrain and land forms; detecting the mineral composition and shallow lunar surface structure; and measuring neutron radiation and neutral atoms – all to develop an understanding of the environment on the moon’s far side.
[Source: South China Morning Post]
