CHINA JUST RELEASED NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HD IMAGES OF THEIR 2013 MOON LANDING
Chinese lunar mission has discovered new form of space rock.
The Chinese space agency’s Chang’e 3 lander have made an incredible discovery on the surface of the Moon. In its travels across the lunar surface, the highly advanced lunar lander managed to discover a new type of moon rock which has never been accessed by human beings before. Furthermore, the high-resolution camera capabilities of the lander have managed to capture thousands of astonishing images of the Moon that allows people on Earth to see the natural satellite in its full, bleak glory.
The Chinese launched the Chang’e 3 lander in 2013 and directed it to land in the region known as the Mare Imbrium on the lunar surface. This area was of particular interest to the Chinese scientists as it is believed that water could have once existed in this region of the Moon. The lander explored the region and took thousands of impressive images. Despite the fact that the images were all amassed during 2013, they were not released to the general public until 2015.
Since the images were released, Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society has been meticulously trawling through the immense haul of images in order to present them to the general public in an easily accessible and downloadable way. She said that the Chinese were fairly open about sharing their data from the lunar mission and it was easy for her to access the images as they use the same system as NASA and the European Space Agency. However, she said that her task was made quite difficult as she cannot read Mandarin.
The images have generated a great deal of excitement in the scientific community, particularly the ones which depict the newly discovered form of space rock which was not discovered by American or Russian missions to the lunar surface. “China is trying to reach the top tier and show that they’re a major space power, ” said Kevin Pollpete who is a Defense Group, Inc. Analyst affiliated with the University of California in San Diego. “They’re also contributing real knowledge about the moon that we haven’t been able to get before.”
The Chang’e 3 lander is still functional today, but the Chinese have even more ambitious plans when it comes to exploring the lunar surface. In 2017, the Chinese plan to send another lander to the Moon which will collect and return lunar samples to Earth. It is hoped that these missions will expand the bank of knowledge regarding the geology of the Moon. It is also hoped that the missions may even give scientists an inkling about the origin of the natural satellite which has always been a great scientific mystery.
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