09 September 2020
As of 1 September, the Chang'e 3 lunar mission has been on the Moon for 2,453 Earth days, and some of the scientific payloads carried by the lander are still operating, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Center of the China National Space Administration. After analyzing the transmitted data, Chinese researchers recently reported finding multilayered young lava flows in the northeast of Mare Imbrium, also called Sea of Rains, where the Chang'e 3 mission made a soft landing in December 2013.
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