China News Service, Beijing, April 30 (Guo Chaokai) According to the China National Space Administration's Moon Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center, the Chang'e 4 lander and the "Yutu 2" lunar rover have entered the 17th lunar night sleep period, "Yutu 2 "No." lunar rover has accumulated 447.68 meters.
According to reports, the Chang'e 4 lander and the "Yutu 2" lunar rover completed the seventeenth day of the week at 5:30 on April 30 and 20:36 on April 29, and completed the moon night mode setting according to the ground instructions. , Entering the seventeenth moon night dormancy period.
During the seventeenth day of the month, the lunar neutron and radiation dose detector and low-frequency radio spectrometer carried by Chang'e 4 lander were put into operation as planned to carry out the established scientific detection. The "Yutu 2" lunar rover continued to travel northwest of the landing site, and carried out patrol detection at multiple detection points. The panoramic camera carried out ring shot detection near the noon. The infrared imaging spectrometer performed infrared calibration and scientific detection. The lunar radar performs synchronous detection and obtains a large amount of first-hand scientific detection data.
During the epidemic, the Chang'e-4 scientific research team overcame many difficulties and carried out scientific detection work as planned and efficiently. As of now, the "Yutu 2" lunar rover has travelled 447.68 meters in total. (Finish)