Published: 15:31, February 18, 2020 | Updated: 07:45, June 6, 2023
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 15th lunar day
By Xinhua

Photo taken by the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe on Jan 11, 2019 shows the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2. (PHOTO / CHINA NATIONAL SPACE ADMINISTRATION / XINHUA)

BEIJING — The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 15th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.

The lander woke up at 6:57 am Tuesday (Beijing time), and the rover awoke at 5:55 pm Monday

The lander woke up at 6:57 am Tuesday (Beijing time), and the rover awoke at 5:55 pm Monday. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.

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The rover, Yutu-2 or Jade Rabbit-2, has traveled 367.25 meters on the far side of the moon, with a plan to drive northwest and then southwest to continue its scientific exploration.

The Chang'e-4 probe, launched on Dec 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on Jan 3, 2019.

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