Panorama of the Moon from "Changyi 3" and the failure of the main color camera lander

On the Moon, despite the weekend comes news from the Chinese vehicles, "Chañe 3" (landing station) and "Yutu" (itself rover). So, with regard to the landing station, its main color camera has failed, unable to withstand the moonlit night. Actually, Chinese scientists had expected such a development, so to speak of any state of emergency is not necessary. However, photos, sent by such earlier landing station is already unable to do.

Earlier sent photos Chinese scholars "stitched" into panoramic images of the lunar surface.

Both spacecraft recently went into operation after the end of the moonlit night. Devices can only operate in the presence of sunlight, since the energy obtained from the solar panels through mode.

It is worth recalling that the mission "Changyi-3" is already the third stage of the lunar Chinese program. The next step is to obtain samples of lunar soil and shipping it back to Earth. The program is scheduled to be completed by 2020, ie, after 6 years.

Here's own panoramic images:











And here's a picture of the lunar soil, to make the team Apollo 17:



Via universetoday + planetary

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/209624/