China’s lunar rover successfully lands on the far side of the moon.

Published on: 01/3/19 2:32 PM

Category: World News

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Chinese spacecraft becomes the FIRST EVER to touch down on the dark side of the moon.

  • A Chinese spacecraft Named Chang’e 4 has made the Initial landing on the far side of the moon
  • The lunar stunt happened at 10.26am (02.26 GMT) local time at the Aitken basin’s Von Karman crater
  • The Assignment communicates with Earth Through a Satellite satellite Called the Queqiao That launched May
  • Moon’s Von Karman crater is at its south pole and is 1,600 Kilometers across and eight Kilometers deep


A Chinese spacecraft has made the First-ever landing on the far side of the moon and it sent a never before seen picture of the unexplored surface.

Lunar Explorer Chang’e-4 touched at 10.26am local time (02.26 GMT).

While stationed on the moon, the Chang’e-4 will attempt to recce the famous Von Karman crater in the Aitken basin, the largest impact crater in the entire solar system at eight miles (13 km) deep and 1,600 miles (2,500 km) in diameter. It will also be tasked with carrying out mineral and radiation tests, presenting scientists with the first-ever chance to examine materials from the far side of the moon.

The far side of the moon – colloquially known as the dark side – actually gets as much light as the near side but always faces away from Earth. This relatively unexplored region is mountainous and rugged, making a successful landing much harder to achieve. It appears to take on a reddish hue in some of the images released by China, seemingly an effect of the lights used by the probe.

The pioneering landing demonstrates China’s growing ambitions to rival the US as a space power, with Beijing hoping to send another probe next year that will retrieve samples and bring them back to Earth.