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Origin Story of The Chinese Moon Landing 

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Origin Story of The Chinese Moon Landing 

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The Chinese Administration succeeded in making the first soft landing on the moon in decades in December 2014 with its Chang'e 3 lander and its rover, Yutu. This was one of the projects that provided a foundation for the Chang'e 4 Lander expedition.

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On The 3rd of January, 2019 The Chinese Celebrated The Chang'e 4 lander and Yutu 2 rover's First Full Year Of Exploring The Moon's Dark Side. This mission was launched from the Xichang satellite launch center in Sichuan, south-west China and was a follow up mission to the Chang'e 3.This Was A Big Deal Due To The Lander Being The First Spacecraft To Ever Land On The Far Side Of The Moon.

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Chang'e 4 and Yutu carry out a range of measurements using neutron detectors, radiation instruments, infrared spectrometers and radio devices.
Also, They Gather and Provide New Information on the history and nature on the far side of the moon.

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Chinese rover lands on the far side of the moon Jan. 2019

On January 3, 2019, The Highly-Anticipated Lunar Landing occurred. The Updated Chang’e 4 Moon Lander and Yutu 2 Rover landed on the moon. Unlike The Prior, Moon Landing With The Chang’e 3 Lander and Yutu Rover This Was A Even Greater Achievement For The China National Space Administration Due To It Being Their First Expedition To The Far Side Of The Moon. Costing About 180 Million Dollars The First Lander Chang’e 1 Was Launched In Lunar Orbit. While In Orbit It Mapped Features Of The Moon And Surveyed Land For Fertile Areas On The Moon. The Chang’e 1 Was In Operation For 2 Years Before It Was Deorbited And Crashed Into the Moon’s Surface. A Year Later The Chang’e 2 Was Introduced In A Follow-Up Mission. The Landers Main Goal Was To Produce Higher Quality Maps Of The Lunar Surface And To Scout Out Areas For A Lander To Land In The Future. The Subsequent Lander Chang’e 3’s Objective Was To Do A Soft Landing On The Moon’s Surface And Deploy The Yutu Rover To Explore The Moon.

The Latest Landing Was The Chang’e 4 In 2019 Which Landed On The Far Side Of The Moon To Deploy The Yutu 2 Rover To Test Theories And Discover New Geographical Monuments On The Lunar Surface. One Theory Tested Was If A Plant Seed Could Sprout On The Moon. The Lander Carried Cotton Seeds, Fruit Fly Seeds, And Yeast. The Cotton Seeds Sprouted Becoming The First Seeds To Germinate On A Different Land Than Earth. Unfortunately, The Chang’e 4 Lander Was Made To Combat The Harsh Cold -190 Celsius Climate. Due To This The Lander Has A Sleep Function To Conserve Power During The Night Which Cause The Cotton Plant To Die.

The Lander Has Also Made Some Discoveries With The Yutu 2 Rover. Easily Finds things on the lunar surface due to the rover being equipped with a Visible and Near-Infrared Spectrometer. This function allows the rover to detect light that is scattered or reflected off materials to reveal their makeup. During Lunar Day Eight Of The Project On July 25 The Yutu 2 Rover Found A Strange Substance While Roaming By A Small Crater. The Chinese Space Team Described The Substance As “胶状物”  Which Is Chinese For “Gel Like.” This Discovery Piqued The Interests Of Many Lunar Scientists World-Wide. After Collecting A Sample Of The Substance, The Chinese Team Has Analysed The Substance But The Results Were Not Released. The Yutu 2 Rover Has Also Found Materials In The Craters Of The Moon. An example of the material found would be a mineral with a glassy resemblance. Other materials discovered on the lunar surface contain rocks with a brighter contrast from regular moon rock. The Yutu 2 Rover works by being equipped with a radioisotope heater unit in order to heat itself to withstand long, cold nights on the moon. And the rover obtains power with solar panels via the sun. Overall, the Chinese Landing in 2019 opened scientists to new knowledge on the moon and introduced the possible implication of a future Chang’e 5 and 6 lander launch to the moon.

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-The mission cost 1.4 billion yuan ($180 million) and operated for two years.

- It took 34 days for Chang'e to land on the lunar surface.

-This entire mission is named after Chang’e who is China’s mythological goddess of the Moon.

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China hit a historic milestone on the moon Friday (Jan. 3) as its Chang'e 4 lander and rover celebrated their first full year exploring the lunar far side.

The Chinese Chang'e 4 moon lander and its rover Yutu 2 officially completed their 13th lunar day on Thursday (Beijing time), according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. The pair has switched to a dormant mode to sleep through the lunar night, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

Chang'e-4 probe launched to the moon on Dec. 8, 2018 and made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3, 2019. The spacecraft touched down in in the Von Kármán crater at the lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin, where they have been ever since.
Related: Chang'e 4 in Pictures: China's Mission to the Moon's Far Side
A record-breaking moon rover

As of Friday, the Yutu 2 rover has driven 1,173 feet (357.695 meters) on the moon's far side, according to China's state-run Xinhua news service. Yutu-2 (it's name means Jade Rabbit-2) has worked much longer than its initial three-month design life, becoming the longest-working rover on the moon.

"The scientific instruments on the lander and rover worked as planned. The rover conducted explorations of several sites and photographed and conducted an infrared detection of a stone on the lunar surface, said the center," Xinhua wrote of the mission Friday.

Chang'e-4 mission scientists have christened their landing site Statio Tianhe, Xinhua stated. "Tianhe" is Mandarin for the Milky Way and "Statio" is Latin for station.

Chang'e-4's Yutu 2 rover has made several discoveries on the moon's farside. Among them, it found that the lunar regolith around the Chang'e-4 lander contains the minerals olivine and pyroxene, which came from deep inside the moon.

With Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon, CNSA has been relying on a relay satellite called Queqiao, which is stationed beyond the moon in a stable Lagrange point about 310,685 miles (500,000 kilometers) from Earth. Zhang Lihua, the satellite's chief designer, said it could last another 10 years, according to Xinhua.

"We will let the Queqiao work as long as possible. It could also provide communication for probes from other countries if they intend to explore the moon's far side within the lifetime of the satellite," Xinhua quoted Ye Peijian, a Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher and a senior space expert, as saying.

While the Chang'e-4 mission continues, China is looking ahead to its next lunar mission: Chang'e-5.

That new mission, which is expected to launch sometime in 2020, will launch another lander and rover to the moon on a mission to return lunar samples to Earth.

Leonard David is author of the recently released book, "Moon Rush: The New Space Race" published by National Geographic in May 2019. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. Follow us on Twitter or.
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On Far Side of the Moon, Chinese Lander and Rover Hit One-Year Mark

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China hit a historic milestone on the moon Friday (Jan. 3) as its Chang'e 4 lander and rover celebrated their first full year exploring the lunar far side. The Chinese Chang'e 4 moon lander and its rover Yutu 2 officially completed their 13th lunar day on Thursday (Beijing time), according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.