Final photo session for Yutu and its lander
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China’s first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, continued to explore the lunar surface after taking photos of the lander for the fifth and final time early yesterday.
Images transmitted to Earth after the latest photos were captured showed for the first time the national flags on both Yutu and the lander.
Pictures of the lander’s five-star red flag could not be taken during previous photo-shoots because the flag was not facing the camera.
Yutu separated from the lander on December 15, several hours after China’s lunar probe Chang’e-3 soft-landed on the moon on December 14.
The rover and the lander took photos of each other for the first time on the night of December 15 and color images transmitted live only showed the Chinese flag on Yutu.
The rover began to circle the lander after the two took their first photos, with a break from December 16 to 20, during which the six-wheeled rover shut down its subsystems, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
Yutu will survey the moon’s structure and surface and look for natural resources for three months, while the lander will conduct in-situ exploration at the landing site for one year.
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