(CNSA)
The Chinese lunar rover Yutu-2 and the landing platform Chang'e-4 have worked on the surface of the far side of the Moon for a thousand days, setting a new record among lunar vehicles.
During this time, the rover traveled almost 840 meters, exploring boulders and lunar regolith, as well as near-surface layers.
The Chang'e-4 probe went into space in December 2018, and in January 2019 the descent vehicle with the Yutu-2 lunar rover made a soft landing on the far side of the Moon.
Communication with the Earth is provided by the orbital transponder probe Queqiao; the large crater Karman became the place of work for the probe.
Initially, it was assumed that the lunar rover will work for three months, and the platform for no more than a year.
However, at the moment they have worked for more than a thousand Earth days, which is an absolute record among lunar vehicles.
During this time, the lunar rover traveled 839.37 meters and collected a total of 3632 gigabytes of scientific data, now both vehicles are in hibernation mode, waiting out their 34 lunar night.
During its operation, the probe made a number of geological discoveries, in particular, it found particles of the lunar mantle and determined the structure of the subsurface layer at the landing site.
In addition, the devices measured the level of radiation near the surface of the moon and for the first time grew cotton as part of a biological experiment.
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A very informative post.
The future will be totally different. As people are travelling to space. Nevertheless in upcoming years we are going go see humans on mars also.
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