Jade Rabbit-2 sets a far side lunar record
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China鈥檚 Jade Rabbit-2, or Yutu-2, has become the longest-working lunar rover on the moon, as it started to work for the 13th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
Previously the record was held by Lunokhod 1, the Soviet robotic rover that became the world鈥檚 first to be sent to the moon in 1970, where it worked for about 10 months.
China鈥檚 Chang鈥檈-4 probe including a lander and Jade Rabbit-2, launched on December 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on January 3, 2019.
Both the lander and rover have resumed work for the 13th lunar day after laying dormant during the extremely cold night, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
The lander woke up at 5:14am on Saturday and the rover awoke at 6:43pm on Friday. Both are working normally.
The rover has driven more than 345 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct a scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
A lunar day equals 14 days on Earth, a lunar night is the same length. The Chang鈥檈-4 probe switches to dormant mode during the lunar night due to a lack of solar power.
The scientific tasks of the Chang鈥檈-4 mission include conducting low-frequency radio astronomical observations, surveying the terrain and landforms and detecting the mineral composition and shallow lunar surface structure.
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