Chinese lunar rover started moving over the surface of the Earth satellite - Rosbalt.RU

Rosbalt, 15/12/2013 07:29

Science and Technology, Chang’e-3, rover, space, China

BEIJING, Dec. 15. Chinese aid to study the surface of the Moon “Yuytu” (“Jade Hare”) tonight lander left and went to the surface of the Earth satellite.

told Mission Control China, this event occurred at 04:35 local time (00:35 MSK).

Exit

rover on the moon’s surface is widely covered by all Chinese media. Thus, published photographs clearly visible himself rover on the surface and deep scars on his wheels left on the ground, the “Interfax”. However, users American Forum Unmannedspaceflight.com video made during the descent apparatus, determined that the lunar rover on the moon villages, some 400 km from the planned landing site. Official confirmation of no extended error information, writes Lenta.ru.

Recall “Jade Hare” was taken to the moon spacecraft “Chang’e-3″, which is December 14 carried a soft landing on the surface of the satellite. This mission was part of the Chinese three-step program to study the moon.

The task

moonwalker “Yuytu” includes the study of the geological structure of the Moon, the lunar soil. Six-wheeled rover capable of traveling at a speed of 200 meters per hour and climb slopes with an angle of 30 degrees. He must have worked on the moon for at least three months.

Senior Research Fellow of the American Research Center Heritage Foundation Dean Cheng explained that the moon program will allow China to test its capabilities in the field of communications and tracking of spacecraft in deep space. “Such a system of space monitoring and tracking is important not only for the space program, but also to national security, because it can be used for space exploration, space tracking resources in China and other countries,” – said the scientist.

Chinese rover will have to explore the crater under the rainbow naming Bay – flat volcanic plain located in the northwestern part of the Sea of ??Rains. It is planned that the unit collected lunar soil samples will be returned to Earth in 2017, reports BBC.

name was chosen for the probe through a popular vote on the Internet and sends it to the Chinese folklore. According to legend, hare lives with Moon goddess who drank the potion of immortality.

China became the third country in history that has managed to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. Previously succeeded the Soviet Union and the United States.

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