The magazine MAQ February 2019 February 2019 | Page 56

Chang’e-4 Probe Touches Down on Far Side of the Moon

Chang’e-4 landed in Von Karman crater, a 112-mile (180 km) wide crater located within an even larger impact crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin.

It then released a rover, named Yutu-2, which rolled out onto the surface down a ramp.

The rover, with a total mass of 140 kg, has a rectangular body 3.6 feet (1.1 m) high, 4.9 feet (1.5 m) long, and 3.3 feet (1 m) wide, but unlike the Yutu rover does not have a robotic arm.

It has 6 wheels, two solar panels, and a dish antenna.