Chinese lunar rover sent the first ever pictures of the far side of the moon

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China has long become one of the space powers, and is successfully implementing its program of studying the moon.



China Space Science Corporation and equipment (CASC) published the first surface images taken on the far side of the moon by the Chinese Chang'e-4 spacecraft, which landed on the moon this morning, which in itself is an important event that will go down in the history of space exploration by mankind.

Chinese lunar rover sent the first ever pictures of the far side of the moon


The Chang'e-4 lander was successfully launched from the Sichan Cosmodrome, located in the southwestern province of Sichuan, and, after almost thirty days of flight, reached the Earth’s satellite.

The Chang'e-4 includes a stationary lunar station and a lunar rover, which will study the surface of the planet.

Recall that the previous Chinese lunar rover Yutu (Jade Hare) examined the lunar surface in the Crater of the Rainbow crater from December 2013 to August 2016, having worked 31 months instead of 12 on the Earth’s satellite.

Chinese Lunokhods became the first Earth mechanisms on the Moon, after in December 1972 the American astronauts from the crew of Apollo 17 left the planet-satellite, whose presence there still raises doubts among experts in the space field.
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  1. +1
    3 January 2019 15: 41
    In 2018, there were 200 thousand less Russian citizens. What a moon, you need to think about people! China, with its economy, can afford the moon. Russia cannot afford to realize a single project on its own. We need space now only for defense, we don’t need either the Moon or Mars! The government of Primakov-Maslyukov for 6 months of work, GDP grew by 8% -12%. Yeltsin took them off, put Putin on, and since 1999 GDP growth per year has been 1-1,5%. Mortality almost always exceeded the birth rate, and you say the moon? It will be under a different government and a different president!
  2. +1
    3 January 2019 16: 33
    Well done Chinese! But be sure to add:

    ... after the American astronauts from the crew of the Apollo 1972 crew left the planet-satellite in December 17, whose presence there still raises doubts among experts in the space field.
  3. +7
    3 January 2019 19: 53
    Chinese lunar rover sent the first ever pictures of the far side of the moon

    Before you lie or retype someone else's lies, it was better to learn the history of the study of the moon. So, the FIRST HISTORY photographs of the back of the moon were made by Soviet automatic stations.
    For the first time, the reverse side of the moon was photographed by the Soviet AWS "Luna-3" on October 7, 1959. Based on the materials obtained, the first map of the far side of the Moon was prepared containing hundreds of surface details identified by their reflective characteristics. A complete catalog of these formations was included in the Atlas of the Back of the Moon (1960). Following this, together with the Institute. Sternberg and TsNIIGAiK prepared the first globe of the moon.
    https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Обратная_сторона_Луны#Исследования
  4. +1
    3 January 2019 23: 32
    And the sky again without stars. Somewhere I met this. Colleagues, what do you think about this?
  5. 0
    4 January 2019 11: 32
    Well, what can I say, well done Chinese, it's a shame for us ...
    1. 0
      5 January 2019 08: 24
      You don't know the history of astronautics! Our satellites flew around and photographed the opposite side of the Moon "from the heart" more than 50 years ago !!!!!!
  6. +2
    4 January 2019 17: 41
    Chinese lunar rover sent the first ever pictures of the far side of the moon

    Author, teach a story. For the first time, the image of the far side of the moon, obtained by the Soviet AMS "Luna-3", appeared on October 27, 1959.
  7. 0
    4 January 2019 23: 07
    China gradually crushes everything
    1. 0
      5 January 2019 08: 25
      China does NOT crush, it CASES, however!