{"id":7091,"date":"2014-03-26T05:29:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T05:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7091"},"modified":"2014-03-26T05:29:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T05:29:21","slug":"update-on-the-chinese-yutu-lunar-rover-and-change-3-lander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7091","title":{"rendered":"Update on the Chinese Yutu lunar rover and Chang’e 3 lander"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leonard David<\/a> obtains some details on the problems with the Chinese Yutu rover from \u00a0Yong-Chun Zheng, an associate researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences\u00a0:\u00a0China\u2019s Moon Landing Mission: A Status Check – Inside Outer Space<\/a><\/p>\n

The primary failure is in the “driving electronics section”:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rover cannot move again,\u201d Yong-Chun said. In addition to that, the solar wings of the Yutu rover cannot be folded to keep the inside of the robot warm during lunar night. All other functions of the rover are working properly, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yong-Chun said that the Yutu rover has experienced very low temperatures during the last three lunar nights. According the designed procedures, the rover has entered into the mode of long-term management.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Yutu\u2019s panoramic camera and its ground penetrating radar \u201care working normally,\u201d Yong-Chun reported.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leonard David obtains some details on the problems with the Chinese Yutu rover from \u00a0Yong-Chun Zheng, an associate researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences\u00a0:\u00a0China\u2019s Moon Landing Mission: A Status Check – Inside Outer Space The primary failure is in the “driving electronics section”: \u201cThe rover cannot move again,\u201d Yong-Chun said. In … Continue reading Update on the Chinese Yutu lunar rover and Chang’e 3 lander<\/span> →<\/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":[79,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-space","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Qn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7457,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7457","url_meta":{"origin":7091,"position":0},"title":"Yutu lunar rover update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Leonard David reports on the latest info from China on the status of the Yutu lunar rover:\u00a0Update: China\u2019s Yutu Moon Rover According to the news outlet, there are \u201clast-ditch efforts\u201d to rescue the ailing lunar rover. 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