doctorsforum: Chinese lunar rover is already in place

Chinese lunar rover "Jade Hare" has already begun the movement of the moon.

Chinese lunar rover is already in place & laquo; Jade Hare & raquo; He traveled to the Moon

100 kg rover landed near the crater "Bay of Rainbows." There was landing yesterday at 17.00 pm Moscow time. From the module "Jade Hare" undocked at 24 o'clock Moscow time on the action it took 13 minutes. On the surface of the moon the unit turned after half an hour. The whole process was captured on video and sent to the mission control center. Frames are made "Jade Hare" have been published in the Chinese media.

Lunokhod can move at a speed of 200 m / h will be engaged on the moon and study the geological structure of the soil of the night luminary. Rover will work for three months and then return to Earth with soil samples. It is the first Chinese spacecraft landing on the Moon. It is also the first successful lunar landing in 1976. In that year, on the moon landed Soviet automatic station "Luna-24".

The mission of "Jade Hare" is part of a program to study the Earth's natural satellite, and it is divided into three stages. In 2007, the moon was launched on the device that has been in orbit for 16 months, and then crashed on the surface. In 2010, the second went to the moon research apparatus, which photographed the moon's surface in the area. The launch of the third unit meant the beginning of the next phase of lunar exploration.

In 2017, China sent another expedition, which will be able to deliver to Earth samples of lunar soil. And in 2020, China wants to send astronauts to the moon and build a space station there.