08 January 2021
The Chang'e 4 lander and rover resumed work for the 26th lunar day on the far side of the Moon. The lander woke up on 8 January at 3:13 BJT, and the Yutu 2 rover Yutu woke up on 7 January at 10:29 BJT, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of the China National Space Administration. During the 26th lunar day, Yutu 2 will move northwest toward the basalt area or the impact craters with high reflectivity. Yutu 2 will take panoramic photos, and its infrared imaging spectrometer, neutral atom detector and lunar radar will continue to carry out scientific explorations. Research teams will analyze the detection data and release the scientific results.
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