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Andrew Jones • May 15, 2019 • 1
The first science results from the unprecedented Chang’e-4 lunar far side mission are in. The mission’s Yutu-2 rover, deployed from the lander shortly after the Chang’e-4 landing on 3 January, has, with the help of the Queqiao relay satellite, returned data which suggests it has discovered material derived from the Moon’s mantle.
Emily Lakdawalla • May 14, 2019
According to amateur spacecraft tracker Daniel Estévez, Longjiang-2 will crash into the Moon on 31 July after more than a year in lunar orbit.
Andrew Jones • April 22, 2019
China’s Chang’e-4 lander and Yutu-2 rover are continuing to function well and have completed their fourth lunar day.
Andrew Jones • March 06, 2019
China’s Yutu-2 rover is continuing to make tracks on the lunar far side.
Andrew Jones • February 07, 2019 • 3
Chang’e-4 is sending home brilliant footage from its various spacecraft, while also being snapped by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Jason Davis • January 11, 2019 • 2
Everything is going well 9 days after China's Chang'e-4 mission made a historic landing on the far side of the Moon, the country's space program said today.
David Rothery • January 09, 2019 • 2
In Apollo images — and to our own eyes, from Earth — the Moon is grey. What's going on?
Jason Davis • January 03, 2019 • 3
The rover is named Yutu-2, China's space agency announced.
Jason Davis • January 02, 2019 • 2
It’s a space feat no nation has accomplished until now.
Luyuan Xu • December 12, 2018
Following a 4.6-day cruise, on 12 December at 8:45 Beijing time (16:45 UTC), the spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit, preparing for a landing in early January.
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