Monday, December 16, 2013

"Jadehase" sends first images to Earth - Spiegel Online

The Chinese lunar rover “Jadehase” (Yutu) sent on Sunday his first recordings from the moon to Earth. President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang attended the live broadcast of the images in the Beijing control center, as the official news agency Xinhua reported. The remote-controlled rover and the spacecraft “Chang’e-3″ thus began late on Sunday evening trying to take pictures of each other. On one of the pictures, the red flag of the People’s Republic can be seen on the moon vehicle.

“Chang’e-3″ was successfully sold at the weekend on the surface of the moon. Several hours after the first Chinese lunar landing ever the Rover launched its reconnaissance trip. China is the third country after the United States and the former Soviet Union, where a moon landing was successful. The last time the Soviet Union had successfully sent a probe to the moon in 1976.

“Jadehase” is a gold-colored vehicle with six wheels and solar wings, which is to roll with a speed of up to 200 meters per hour over the moon and cope with gradients of up to 30 percent. The rover will drive around for three months on the lunar surface and search for mineral resources, among others. The landing of the lunar vehicle was the next step of an ambitious Chinese space program, which provides for the establishment of a permanent space station by 2020.

landing in the lunar region with the picturesque name of Rainbow Bay (Latin: Sinus Iridium) proceeded according to the information known so far without problems. State media reported a soft landing. Since St. Nicholas had “Chang’e-3″ the moon orbits and had him doing in the meantime to come close to 15 km. The European Space Agency (Esa) had supported the landing with their communication network.

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