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Andrew Jones • February 07, 2019 • 2
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.
Emily Lakdawalla • December 07, 2018
At 02:22 local time 8 December (18:22 on 7 December UTC), a Long March 3B lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, carrying the Chang'e-4 lander and rover toward the Moon.
Emily Lakdawalla • September 18, 2018 • 2
With my first issue of The Planetary Report as editor, I am taking the magazine open-access. Return to Mercury features articles by Elsa Montagnon on BepiColombo and by Long Xiao on the Chang'e-4 and -5 landers.
The Planetary Report • September Equinox 2018
Long Xiao previews two ambitious Chinese lunar missions, one of which will make the first-ever landing on the far side of the Moon.
Andrew Jones • August 16, 2018
The Chang'e-4 spacecraft will launch on December 7 toward a farside landing, making use of a relay satellite to stay in touch with Earth.
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