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March 8th, 2021
Photo credit: CNSA/CLEP/Jianjun Liu, et al.
China’s Chang’e-4 lander and rover woke up and started their 28th lunar day of work on the farside of the Moon – exploring the lunar landscape since landing on January 3, 2019.
The lunar mission touched down in Von Kármán crater, within the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin.
Chang’e-4 landing site.
Credit: CNSA/CLEP
The solar-powered lander and rover switch to dormant mode during the 14-days of lunar night.
The Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Monday that the mission’s Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, rover is currently located roughly 1,407 feet (429 meters) northwest of the landing site.
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