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December 4, 2018 03:40 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/QFYqcBmnTac/china-set-to-launch-first-ever-spacecraft-to-the-far-side-of-the-moon-will-attempt-to-grow
China Set To Launch First-Ever Spacecraft to the Far Side of the Moon, Will Attempt To Grow Plant There
AmiMoJo writes: Later this week, China plans to launch its Chang'e-4 spacecraft to the far side of the lunar surface. The aim is to land a rover on the dark side of the moon for the first time. Blocked from direct communication with the Earth, the lander and rover will depend on China's Queqiao communication satellite launched in May. If the landing is successful, the mission's main job will be to investigate this side of the lunar surface, which is peppered with many small craters. The lander will also conduct the first radio astronomy experiments from the far side of the Moon -- and the first investigations to see whether plants will grow in the low-gravity lunar environment. The ultimate goal of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) is to create a Moon base for future human exploration there, although it has not announced when that might happen. Chang'e-4 will be the country's second craft to 'soft' land on the lunar surface, following Chang'e-3's touchdown in 2013.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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