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November 10th, 2020
Chang’e-4 lander as observed by Yutu-2 rover.
Credit: CNSA/CLEP
China’s farside Moon mission — the Chang’e-4 lander and Yutu-2 rover have resumed work for the 24th lunar day, according to China National Space Administration (CNSA).
China’s champion – long duration Yutu-2 rover.
Credit: CNSA/CLEP
The Chang’e-4 mission touched down within Von Kármán crater on January 3, 2019, with the hardware now surviving 677 Earth days on the Moon.
China’s Xinhua news agency reports that the lander woke up at 3:12 am on November 10, Beijing Time, and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10:17 am on November 9.
A lunar day is equal to 14 days on Earth, and a lunar night is of the same length. The solar-powered lander and rover switch to dormant mode during the ultra-cold lunar night.
Movement of the Chang’e 4 rover, Yutu-2, captured in NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LROC images.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
During the 24th lunar day of operations, Yutu-2 will wheel northwest toward a basalt area or impact craters with high reflectivity.
The rover is slated to take at least one panoramic photo, Xinhua reports, and its infrared imaging spectrometer, neutral atom detector and lunar radar will continue to carry out scientific explorations.
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