China News Agency, Beijing, June 11 (Guo Chaokai) According to the China National Space Administration's Moon Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center, recommended by the Chinese Aerospace Society, after two rounds of voting by the International Astronautical Federation, the Chang'e 4 mission team is an excellent representative of the Chinese exploration Wu Dengren, Chief Designer of Moon Engineering, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yu Dengyun, Deputy Chief Designer of China Lunar Exploration Engineering, Deputy Director of Science and Technology Committee of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Limited, Chief Designer of Chang'e 4 Mission Detector System, China Space Technology Research Sun Zezhou, a researcher of the Institute, won the 2020 World Space Award, the highest award of the International Astronautical Federation. This is also the first time that the international organization has awarded this award to Chinese aerospace scientists since its establishment 70 years ago.

  The International Astronautical Federation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Paris, France. The "World Aerospace Award" is the highest aerospace award set by the International Astronautical Federation, which is designed to recognize aerospace science and technology personnel who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of aerospace science, aerospace technology, aerospace medicine, and aerospace engineering management. The main condition is that the achievements have an important and far-reaching impact on the development of world aerospace.

  On January 3, 2019, the Chang'e-4 probe successfully stepped on the back of the moon. The Chang'e-4 mission has created multiple world firsts: the first time to realize the landing and patrol detection of the back of the moon by the human detector; the first time to use the relay communication satellite operating at the ground-moon Lagrange L2 point to achieve the back of the moon Continuous and reliable relay communication with the earth; the first scientific lunar exploration and low-frequency radio astronomy observations were carried out on the back of the moon, filling many gaps in the world's lunar scientific exploration field.

  At present, Chang'e-4 has been working efficiently for 18 months and days, and the lunar surface has survived for more than 500 days, making it the world's longest working human detector on the lunar surface.

  Previously, the Chang'e 4 mission team was awarded the only team gold award in 2019 for the first time since the establishment of the Royal Aeronautical Society of China in 153 years; and was awarded the only gold medal in spaceflight in 2020 by the NASA; the International Lunar Village Association awarded the first since its establishment. An excellent moon exploration mission award.

  According to the news from the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center of the National Space Administration of China, the outstanding representative of the Chang'e-4 mission team won the highest award of the International Astronautical Federation's "World Aerospace Award", which once again illustrates the significance of China's achievements in the field of lunar exploration. Significant and far-reaching impact, fully affirmed by international authoritative aerospace agencies, and produced a major international impact. (Finish)