{"id":5707,"date":"2013-12-15T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2013-12-15T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T17:12:47","slug":"change-3-update-pictures-from-yutu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5707","title":{"rendered":"Chang&#8217;e 3 update: Pictures from Yutu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11:30 am ET<\/strong>: Some info from the CCTV discussion before it ended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several instruments on the vehicles are now working such as the ground-penetrating radar<\/li>\n<li>The rover will hibernate between Dec 16 to 23 to avoid the heat of the lunar noon.<\/li>\n<li>Lander and rover will hibernate during the two week lunar night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0site posts images of where they believe the Chang&#8217;e 3 landed:\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/news\/index.php?\/archives\/846-Safe-On-The-Surface-Of-The-Moon!.html\" target=\"_d\">Safe On The Surface Of The Moon! &#8211; LROC News System<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2013\/12150754-color-photo-of-yutu-rover.html\" target=\"_d\">Color photo of Yutu rover and Chang&#8217;e lander, and more on the Chang&#8217;e 3 landing site &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.airspacemag.com\/moon\/2013\/12\/a-new-site-to-explore-on-the-moon\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+airspacemag%2FTheOnceAndFutureMoon+%28The+Once+and+Future+Moon+%7C+AirSpaceMag.com%29\" target=\"_d\">A New Site to Explore on the Moon &#8211; The Once and Future Moon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:15 am ET<\/strong>: The CCTV program on the lunar mission has apparently ended for today.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has no formal co-operative research interactions with the Chinese lunar program. This statement describes the agency&#8217;s current lunar projects and \u00a0how they might benefit from the Chinese lander and rover:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/chinas-lunar-lander-may-provide-additional-science-for-nasa-spacecraft\/#.Uq3TUtJDttA\" target=\"_d\">China&#8217;s Lunar Lander May Provide Additional Science for NASA Spacecraft &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:55am ET:<\/strong>\u00a0Some formal statements were made by Chinese officials about the success of the mission. The control room is enormous compared to what one would see at JPL or JSC today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=5715\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"641,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ControlRoom2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2-300x212.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5715\" alt=\"ControlRoom2\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2.jpg 641w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ControlRoom2-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:45 am ET:<\/strong>\u00a0This image is of the rover as seen by the lander:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Embedded image permalink\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BbiYAqICEAAsiTh.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:43 am ET:<\/strong> This image is being distributed around the web:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/i\/41Sra\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Owly Images\" src=\"http:\/\/static.ow.ly\/photos\/normal\/41Sra.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><em>The first public image of the \u00a0lander as seen from the Yutu rover.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong><strong>0:39 am EST<\/strong>: The Yutu rover is expected soon to start sending back pictures of the Chang&#8217;e 3 lander. \u00a0The CCTV site is currently broadcasting coverage of the Chang&#8217;e 3 mision:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/english.cntv.cn\/live\/\" target=\"_d\">CCTV News Live &#8211; CDN Live Streaming &#8211; CCTV Program online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This site has lots of details about the mission:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflight101.com\/change-3-mission-updates.html\" target=\"_d\">Chang&#8217;e 3 Mission Updates &#8211; SPACEFLIGHT101<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11:30 am ET: Some info from the CCTV discussion before it ended: Several instruments on the vehicles are now working such as the ground-penetrating radar The rover will hibernate between Dec 16 to 23 to avoid the heat of the lunar noon. Lander and rover will hibernate during the two week lunar night. The\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5707\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chang&#8217;e 3 update: Pictures from Yutu<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,26,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-space-systems","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1u3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7914,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7914","url_meta":{"origin":5707,"position":0},"title":"Space Calendar for May 26 &#8211; June 1, 2014","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest issue of the Space Calendar from\u00a0Space Age Publishing\u00a0is now available:\u00a0May 26 \u2013 June 1, 2014 \/ Vol 33, No 21 \/ Hawai`i Island, USA\u00a0- The first item is about the status of the Chinese lander and rover on the Moon: The only nation active on the surface of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chinese space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chinese space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=79"},"img":{"alt_text":"China-Lunar-Exploration-Program[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/China-Lunar-Exploration-Program1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12144,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12144","url_meta":{"origin":5707,"position":1},"title":"Chinese release images taken by lunar lander and rover","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A large gallery of images of the Moon and the lunar surface taken by the Chinese lander Chang\u2019e-3 and the Yutu rover have been released: China releases hundreds of moon images to public - \u00a0Globalnews.ca Yutu gallery - The Science and Application Center for Moon and Deepspace Exploration Here's a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chinese space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chinese space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=79"},"img":{"alt_text":"Change3_a","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Change3_a-1024x594.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17517,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17517","url_meta":{"origin":5707,"position":2},"title":"Chang&#8217;e-4: Latest images and videos from lander and rover on lunar far side","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Controllers of the Chinese space Chang'e-4 lander and Yutu-2 rover have reactivated the two systems after a standby period during the most intense period of solar heat during the lunar day. 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