China successfully landed the probe on the dark side of the Moon

This mission of the mission Chang'e-4 has many interesting aspects.

This morning, the Chinese astronaut industry has a new milestone: they successfully landed the probe on the dark side of the Moon . The National Space Agency of China (CNSA) gave the missile to Chang'e-4 probe (usually Thuong Nga-4 or Hang Nga-4) last December 8, this morning it just responded. work on Von Kármán crater.

Sources from the Chinese side said that the probe sent the first picture of Ms. Hang's dark side, but there was no further information nor any photographs published by the Chinese side.

The Chang'e-4 probe successfully responded to the Von Kármán crater on the Moon.

The name "dark side" is not entirely accurate: this is just the face that never points to Earth, because the Moon rotates around the axis at the same speed when it flies with orbit around the Earth. The "dark side" still receives full sunlight as usual, only we can't see it when standing from the ground.

The successful landing not only marks the history of CNSA, but also the human space industry. Located on the far side of the Moon, the probe will not be able to communicate directly with the ground control center, but through a launched Chinese satellite, serving the Chang'e-4 mission.

The mission of the Moon will include low-frequency radio communication testing, observing how plants survive in "Sister Hang's house" (the probe carries the seed for testing) and examination. destroy the polar vehicle of the Moon containing resources or water. Another function is to study the effect of solar wind on the surface of the Moon.

China's previous Moon probe Yutu - Rabbit Ngoc stopped working in August 2016, which is part of the Chang'e-3 mission. China is the third country to land on the Moon, after two astronaut powers are the US and Russia. The new probe was sent up, landing this morning to inherit the similarities of Ngoc Rabbit.

China does not want to stop. They are planning to launch a Mars probe in 2020, including orbiting satellites and ground probes; Next will be the train to sample Martian soil for research. It is expected that by 2022, China will also have its own space station.