25 January 2017
A team of scientists from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)developed and built the tiny 85cm long camera pointing system for the Chang'e 3 mission - the first such instrument made in Hong Kong for China’s lunar exploration programme. The team was led by Prof. Yung Kai-leung, Associate Head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Tasked with developing the camera pointing system by the China Academy of Space Technology, he and his colleagues faced a number of daunting challenges.
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