“American technology is once again on the moon”

“The chinese space probe Chang’e-4 has landed on the moon back. Even Sweden is on a corner. One of the probe’s instruments, called the Advanced small analyzer for neutrals (ASAN), namely, built by the IRF in Kiruna, and will investigate how the stream of charged particles from the sun interact with the moon, writes the Swedish Institute of space physics (IRF), in a press release.”

“ASHAN, which was developed in cooperation with the chinese national rymdforskningscentret NSSC, is mounted on a vehicle that makes its way on the moon.”

“This is the second time a Swedish made instruments are on the moon. When Apollo 11 completed its mĂ„nlandning 1969, was the vehicle equipped with cameras from Hasselblad.”