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First lunar far side panorama from Chang'e-4 lander

China National Space Administration

Image credits: Chinese Academy of Sciences / Chinese Lunar Exploration Program / China National Space Administration

 

Chang'e is a Chinese lunar exploration mission that achieved the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. A communication relay satellite, Queqiao, was first launched to a halo orbit near the Earth-Moon L2 point in May 2018. The robotic lander and Yutu 2 rover were launched on 7 December 2018 and entered orbit around the Moon on 12 December 2018.

 

The mission is the follow-up to Chang'e 3, the first Chinese landing on the Moon. The spacecraft was originally built as a backup for Chang'e 3 and became available after Chang'e 3 landed successfully in 2013. The configuration of Chang'e 4 was adjusted to meet new scientific objectives. Like its predecessors, the mission is named after Chang'e, the Chinese Moon goddess.

Source: Wikipedia

 

Other panoramas of Moon by CE-e:

Copyright: Andrew Bodrov
Type: Spherical
Resolution: 7320x3660
Taken: 11/01/2019
Uploaded: 11/01/2019
Published: 11/01/2019
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Tags: china national space administration; exploration; moon; out_of_this_world
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