Chang-e 4
LocationMoon surface
Year2018
SizeLander and rover
TypeLunar lander
About Chang-e 4
The first spacecraft to soft-land on the far side of the Moon. Touched down in Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019. Communicates with Earth through the Queqiao relay satellite. Its Yutu-2 rover has driven across the far side for years. Sprouted cotton seeds in a small biosphere experiment.
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