China News Service, Beijing, August 13 (Guo Chaokai) According to the news from the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center on the 13th, the Chang'e 4 lander and the "Yutu 2" lunar rover were held at 14:54 on August 13 respectively. And at 20:34 on August 12, the moon night dormancy ended, awakened autonomously by light, and entered the 21st month day work period. The working conditions of the two instruments are normal, the energy is balanced, and the exploration journey on the back of the moon continues.
According to the panoramic camera stitched image, DOM image and other data, the "Yutu-2" lunar rover will drive to the basalt or high-reflectivity impact crater area northwest of the current detection point during the daytime work period of this month. At that time, the panoramic camera, infrared imaging spectrometer, and central atom detector will be turned on for detection, and the moon-measuring radar will carry out simultaneous detection during driving.
A picture of the back of the moon taken by the "Yutu-2" lunar rover. Photo courtesy of China Lunar Exploration Project
In addition, the "Yutu-2" lunar rover plans to choose an opportunity to carry out panoramic ring shooting in the higher terrain at the junction of the two impact craters (the edge of the degraded impact crater).
On January 3, 2019, the Chang'e-4 probe successfully stepped onto the back of the moon. The Chang'e-4 mission created many world firsts: the first realization of a human probe landing on the back of the moon and patrol detection; the first use of a relay communication satellite operating at L2 of the Earth-Moon Lagrange to realize the back of the moon Continuous and reliable relay communication with the earth; Lunar scientific exploration and low-frequency radio astronomical observations were carried out on the back of the moon for the first time, filling many gaps in the world of lunar scientific exploration. (Finish)