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Yutu (Chinese: 玉兔; pinyin: Yùtù; lit. 'Jade Rabbit') was a robotic lunar rover that formed part of the Chinese Chang'e 3 mission to the Moon.It was launched at 17:30 UTC on 1 December 2013, and reached the Moon's surface on 14 December 2013. [7]
Yutu-2 is currently operational as the longest-lived lunar rover [8] after it eclipsed (on 20 November 2019) the previous lunar longevity record of 321 Earth days held by Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 rover. Yutu-2 is the first lunar rover ever to have traversed the far side of the Moon. By January 2022, it had travelled a distance of more than ...
The Yutu rover ceased to transmit data in March 2015. [54] The lander and its Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) are still operational as of 2024, eleven years after landing on the Moon. [68] [69] The power source for the lander, which consists of a radioisotope heater unit (RHU) and solar panels, could last for 30 years. [70]
Chang'e 4 lander and the ramp designed for the Yutu-2 rover deployment. The Chang'e 4 lander and rover design was modeled after Chang'e-3 and its Yutu rover. In fact, Chang'e 4 was built as a backup to Chang'e 3, [45] and based on the experience and results from that mission, Chang'e 4 was adapted to the specifics of the new mission. [46]
It carried with it a 140 kilograms (310 pounds) lunar rover named Yutu, which was designed to explore an area of 3 square kilometers (1.2 square miles) during a 3-month mission. It was also supposed to conduct ultra-violet observations of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, variable stars, binaries, novae, quasars, and blazars, as well as the ...
Image: china national space administration This method of gently moving the rover from the lander to the surface via ramp is similar to how China deployed its Chang'e 3 mission's Yutu rover on the ...
Yutu is a Chinese lunar rover that launched on 1 December 2013 and landed on 14 December 2013 as part of the Chang'e 3 mission. It is China's first lunar rover, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program undertaken by China National Space Administration (CNSA). [4]
First Chinese extraterrestrial rover and first lunar rover in over 40 years. Chang'e 4: Yutu-2: CNSA: 3 January 2019 2224 days 1.455 km (0.904 mi) [2] as of 3 January 2023: Operational First rover on the far side of the Moon.