China wants to land as the first space nation on the far side of the moon. Officially, the space Agency of the country has announced no exact landing time for its lunar probe “Chang’e 4”.
The Chinese state broadcaster CGTN reported, however, that the arrival at the surface on Thursday (3. January) is expected. The landing maneuver, it would be a historic success for China’s space program.
decades after the United States and Russia had landed, “Chang’e 3” for the first time in 2013, a Chinese probe on the moon. The “Chang’e 4”-Mission, however, is a real Premiere: never before a country has placed the device on the earth-facing side of the moon.
“This has never been done. It will be of importance,” said Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of the Chinese lunar program, the news Agency DPA.
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observers have warned of challenges for the Mission: Difficult about the landing was, because the terrain on the far side of the moon is not as flat as on the front. The communication is difficult, because there is no direct radio connection to the back of the moon be established.
try to solve This Problem, the Chinese with a transmission satellite you specifically for this purpose in the orbit of the moon. “The whole process is quite complicated and it will be a lot of risks,” said a spokesman for the space programme in the state television.
As a designated place to land state media called the Aitken crater, which was named in 1970 after the American astronomer Robert Grant Aitken. After the arrival of a robotic vehicle to examine the ground and the structures around the landing point. It is equipped with a panoramic camera and measuring devices.
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in China an ambitious space program that wants to, and according to the United States. In the coming year, the Mission could bring the “Chang’e 5” of moon rock to earth. According to the Chinese plans to land up to 2030, for the first time a Chinese on the moon. In planning the construction of a Chinese space station and flights to Mars. (nlu/sda)
Created: 02.01.2019, 09:23 PM
