China News Service, July 15 (Xinhua) According to the official Weibo news of China's lunar exploration project, at 5:30 on July 15, the "Yutu 2" lunar rover on the back of the moon was woken up smoothly. Earlier, Chang'e 4 lander had awakened at 13:09 on July 14. Up to now, Chang'e 4 lander and "Yutu 2" lunar rover have spent 559 earth days. The successful awakening of the two devices marks the beginning of the 20th day of "Chang'e" and "Yutu" working together, constantly creating new record of.
During the working day of the month, the lunar neutron and radiation dose detector and low-frequency radio frequency spectrometer on the lander will start up as planned. According to the lunar image data obtained in the previous period, the "Yutu 2" lunar rover will continue to travel northwest of the basalt or impact zone with high reflectivity, panoramic camera, lunar radar, infrared imaging spectrometer, neutral atom detector, etc. Scientific payloads carry out scientific exploration tasks simultaneously. Related scientific achievements will be released in time.