First landing on the far side of the Moon (Chang'e 4)
Primer alunizaje en la cara oculta de la Luna (Chang'e 4)
- Date
- 2019 · confidence high
- Place
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan, China
- Credited to
- China National Space Administration (CNSA)
- Field
- Movement
What was discovered
The Chang'e 4 probe and Yutu-2 rover landed in Von Kármán crater, communicating via the Queqiao relay satellite at the L2 point. First surface exploration of the far side.
The location given is the launch site; the landing was in Von Kármán crater (45.4° S, 177.6° E).
What it led to
- geology of the Aitken basin
- low-frequency radio astronomy from the far side