/ness/ en /ness/2018/12/31/chinas-change-4-ready-farside-moon-landing <span>China’s Chang’e-4 Ready for Farside Moon Landing </span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-12-31T11:26:52-07:00" title="Monday, December 31, 2018 - 11:26">Mon, 12/31/2018 - 11:26</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/change-4_ready_for_attempted_farside_landing.jpg?h=98e8a58a&amp;itok=LQ0OCbjz" width="1200" height="600" alt="Chang’e-4 ready for attempted farside landing"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/6"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/515" hreflang="en">Chang’e 4 robotic probe</a> <a href="/ness/taxonomy/term/276" hreflang="en">Lunar Exploration</a> </div> <span>Leonard David</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ness/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/change-4_ready_for_attempted_farside_landing_0.jpg?itok=WVs6Xlp7" width="1500" height="1029" alt="Chang’e-4 ready for attempted farside landing"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><strong>From Inside Outer Space:</strong>&nbsp;The state-run China Daily reports January 1st that the country’s Chang’e 4 robotic probe is expected to land on the South Pole–Aitken basin on the Moon’s farside sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, citing information from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a major contractor of the country’s lunar exploration programs.</p> <p>The Chang’e-4 mission totes six kinds of scientific payloads.</p> <p>On the lander, it carries the Landing Camera (LCAM), the Terrain Camera (TCAM), and the Low Frequency Spectrometer (LFS). There are three kinds of payloads on the rover, the Panoramic Camera (PCAM), the Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR), and the Visible and Near-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (VNIS).&nbsp;<a href="http://www.leonarddavid.com/chinas-change-4-ready-for-farside-moon-landing/" rel="nofollow">Read more...</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:26:52 +0000 Anonymous 915 at /ness