BEIJING: The lander and the rover of China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe resumed work for the 23rd lunar day, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
The lander was activated at 11:56 a.m. on Sunday after Yutu-2, the rover, awakened at 6:57 p.m. on Saturday. The pair have survived for 647 Earth days on the far side of the Moon. During this lunar-day period, equivalent to 14 Earth days, the rover will travel northwest towards the basalt-distributed area or impact craters with high reflectivity. It will use an infrared imaging spectrometer to conduct spectral analysis on a rock about 30 centimeters in diameter on the way.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN exchange item
