Saturday, January 5, 2019

Farside Rabbit


Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is the Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) rover as imaged by the Chang'e-4 lander. China's second successful lunar landing, this one is to the lunar farside in the von Kaman crater at the south lunar pole's Aitken impact basin. Communications are being handled thanks to  third vehicle, the Queqiao relay satellite, in lunar orbit.

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