Chang’e-3 lunar rover HD Photos Of The Moon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="460" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qnpskEEWUOo" width="660"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Two years after Chang’e-3 lunar rover started exploring the moon, the National Space Administration has released hundreds of true color HD photos of the lunar surface for the world to see.</strong><br /> <br /> Video:<strong>  </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBDXQDmqnaqIEPdEapEFVQ" target="_blank">Yutu rover reveals Moon’s “complex” geological history</a><br /> <strong></strong><br /> <a href="https://www.rt.com/news/330880-chinese-lunar-color-photos/?" target="_blank">RT</a> reports: The China National Space Administration published images, videos and scientific data on its <a href="http://moon.bao.ac.cn/ceweb/datasrv/dmsce1.jsp" target="_blank">website</a>, making them available to anyone who registers.<br /> <br /> <img alt="Chang" class="alignnone wp-image-74139 size-full" data-wp-pid="74139" height="874" src="http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6IvYtZT.jpg" width="1078" /><br /> China is the third nation after Russia and the US to land on the moon, and this was the first soft-landing on the Earth’s only natural satellite in 37 years – the previous one being Russia’s Luna 24 probe in 1976.<br /> <br /> <img alt="Chang" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74137" data-wp-pid="74137" height="418" src="http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/yutu.jpg" width="800" /><br /> The images were actually taken from 2013 to 2015 with cameras attached to the Chang’e-3 lander and the Yutu rover (meaning ‘Jade Rabbit’ in Chinese), which is no longer operational.<br /> <br /> <img alt="Chang" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74138" data-wp-pid="74138" height="541" src="http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Yutu3.jpg" width="800" /><br /> Apart from taking these exceptionally detailed high-quality color images of the moon, the mission was also equipped with a telescope and instruments to perform geologic analysis of the lunar surface.<br /> <br /> <img alt="Chang" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74140" data-wp-pid="74140" height="543" src="http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Yutu41.jpg" width="840" /><br /> The research performed suggests that the moon’s surface may be less homogenous than originally thought. To find out more, the Chinese plan to send the Chang’e-5 spacecraft to collect more soil samples in 2017.<br /> <br /> <img alt="Chang" class="alignnone wp-image-74142" data-wp-pid="74142" height="621" src="http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Yutu2.gif" width="806" /><br /> Then in 2018, the ambitious Chang’e-4 mission may become the first in the world to land on the far side of the moon.<br /> <br /> <img alt="moon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74154" data-wp-pid="74154" src="http://cdns.yournewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/earth-moon-anim.gif" /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></div>

Chang’e-3 lunar rover HD Photos Of The Moon

Two years after Chang’e-3 lunar rover started exploring the moon, the National Space Administration has released hundreds of true ...

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