Category Archives: Chinese space

Space policy roundup – Jan.22.14 [Updated]

Today’s selection of space policy/politics related links:

Update:

Chang’e 3 panorama of lunar surface

A panoramic image of the lunar surface taken by the Chang’e 3 lander has been released on the China News website. Chang’e 3 Panorama – China News

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Chang’e 3 panorama

Here is the Google translation of the caption:

January 17, China’s National Defense Science and Technology Industrial Development Bureau released image map Chang E III lunar lander photographed. Pictured December 17, 2013 to 18, Chang E on the 3rd lander terrain surrounding the lander camera range of 360 ° panorama mosaic image map, using a cylindrical projection expression. China news

They provide slices at greater resolution. For example, this slice shows the Yutu rover:

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A slice of the panorama showing the Yutu rover

 

Update: There is also a new time-lapse panorama : China’s Yutu rover trundles across the Moon in Time-lapse Panorama – Universe Today.

Chinese lunar lander and rover back in action after long night

The China’s Chang’e 3 lunar lander and Yutu rover have woken up after sleeping through the 2 week long lunar night:

Here is a nice collection of images from the lander:

First images of lunar landscape from Chang'e 3 lander, December 15, 2013Chinese Academy of Sciences

Misc: Yutu update + Mars One applicants + Goddard’s secret plan + Star Trek Phase II’s latest

About to head out on a 9 hour drive so I’ll just post all at once a bunch of items that have been in my queue for days:

* Here’s an update on the Chinese lander and rover on the Moon: Chinese rover hibernating to survive frigid lunar night- Spaceflight Now

* AvWeek looks at the Mars One applicants that passed the first cut: Restless Americans Look To Mars One For New Home – Aviation Week

* Rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard was a shy sort of guy and he kept his wildest ideas hidden away: Robert Goddard’s Secret Plan for the Future of Humankind in Space – io9

* A new episode of the Star Trek Phase II fan-made series came out on Dec.31, 2013: