China’s Terrifying Discovery on the Dark Side of the Moon!

China’s Chang’e-4 (嫦娥四号) mission delivered a landing platform and a rover named Yutu-2 (玉兔二) to the Moon’s farside — the first mission there by any country.

Yutu-2 landed in Von Kármán crater, within the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin, in January 2019. An ancient lunar impact there may have exposed the Moon’s mantle. By studying this region directly, scientists will learn more about the early solar system and Earth. The mission also demonstrates the feasibility of future human and robotic far side missions.

The Moon’s quiet, airless far side makes it one of the best places in the inner solar system for science applications like radio astronomy. But missions there require a relay satellite since the far side never faces Earth. China launched the Queqiao relay satellite with two SmallSats, Longjiang-1 and 2, in May 2018.

Chang’e-4 and Yutu-2 are continuing to conduct science operations. Both vehicles power down during the two-week lunar night, when temperatures plummet to -173 degrees Celsius (280 degrees Fahrenheit), to avoid damaging their instruments. They must also sleep when the Sun is directly overhead to avoid overheating.

China’s Chang’e-4 mission has made a terrifying discovery on the dark side of the moon – an enormous, mysterious, and deep crater that may provide insights into the moon’s evolution but also raises concerns about potential impact events.

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