China's lunar and deep space exploration: touching the moon and exploring the universe

• Published in: National Science Review
• Main Authors: Zhao, Weijie, Wang, Chi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2019
• Subjects: Interview; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8291543/; https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz120

The Chinese lunar probe Chang'e-4 (CE-4) landed in the Von Kármán crater within the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin on the far-side of the Moon on 3 January 2019. Following this, the moon rover Yutu-2 separated from the CE-4 lander and started its travels and exploration on the far-side of the Mo...