The main goal was to help prove out technology required for the Chang'e 5 sample-return mission, which could launch as early as this year. Then, in October 2014, the Chang'e 5T1 mission launched a prototype capsule on an eight-day trip around the moon. China China : Publisher Han Junen, Du Si, , Extent 4 volumes Language Chinese Genre Maps History Digital Format Books and documents. First of all, it is a square map of 0.91m side, engraved in stone. The Jade Rabbit is a character from Chinese folklore, who lives on the moon with Chang-e, and is always seen preparing the elixir of life for the immortals. This map has several particularities that make it an exceptional cartography object. (In this mythology, by the way, Yutu is the pet rabbit of Chang'e.) The Chang'e 1 and Chang'e 2 missions sent orbiters to the moon in 20, respectively, and Chang'e 3 aced its near-side touchdown in late 2013. 1137 The Yu Ji Tu, or Map of the Tracks of Yu, was made by an unknow Chinese mapmaker under the Song dynasty (907-1276). From its vantage point, Queqiao can keep Yutu 2, the lander and Earth all in sight at the same time.Ĭhang'e 4 is the latest step in China's ambitious program of robotic lunar exploration, with the satellite taking its name from a moon goddess in Chinese mythology. So, the Chang'e 4 duo will rely on a relay satellite called Queqiao, which China launched to a gravitationally stable point beyond the moon in May 2018. Indeed, this communication complication is a big reason why the far-side surface had not previously welcomed any functioning spacecraft (though a few probes have crashed there over the years). The lander and Yutu 2 cannot beam their data home to Earth directly, because the moon's far side always faces away from our planet.
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