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China's lunar probe Chang'e 4 sends panoramic image of moon's far side

Agence France-Presse • January 11, 2019, 16:05:39 IST
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Chang’e 4 sent the first panoramic image of its landing site since its historic arrival on the moon.

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China's lunar probe Chang'e 4 sends panoramic image of moon's far side

China’s **lunar probe** has sent the first panoramic image of its landing site since its historic arrival on the **far side of the moon** , showing the cratered landscape it is exploring. The **Chang'e-4 mission** , named after a moon goddess, made the world’s first soft landing on the moon’s far side on January 3, a major step in China’s ambitions to become a space superpower. A rover dubbed **Yutu-2** , the name of the moon goddess’s pet, the ‘ **Jade Rabbit** ,’ successfully separated from the lander and drove onto the moon’s surface Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_5879221” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]First 360 panoramic images from Chang’e 4. Image: Twitter First 360 panoramic images from Chang’e 4. Image: Twitter[/caption] A camera deployed on Chang’e-4 took a photo that was released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Friday. The picture shows the grey moonscape, the lander and the rover with the track marks it left behind. The image is a circular, 360-degree shot, which scientists used to create another wide panoramic picture. “Researchers have completed the preliminary analysis of the lunar surface topography around the landing site based on the image taken by the landing camera,” the CNSA said in a statement.

First 360 panoramic images from Chang'e 4!

ℹ:https://t.co/Rsg27T1QX8 pic.twitter.com/Jgb0DS1xYy

— LaunchStuff (@LaunchStuff) January 11, 2019

Chang’e-4, the Yutu-2 and the Queqiao relay satellite that beams data back to Earth are “in a stable condition, and all work was carried out as planned,” the statement said. The 140-kilogram (308-pound) rover resumed activities on Thursday after being on “stand-by mode” for five days. Chang’e-4 landed within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, the largest and deepest impact crater in the solar system. Scientists have said the far side is a key area for solving several unknowns about the moon, including its internal structure and thermal evolution. This is the second Chinese probe to land on the moon, following the first Yutu rover mission on its Earth-facing side in 2013.

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