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Chang'e 4 probe resumes work for 26th lunar day

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-01-08 10:28

Photo taken by the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) on Jan 11, 2019 shows the lander of the Chang'e 4 probe. [Photo/Xinhua/China National Space Administration]

BEIJING -- The lander and rover of the Chang'e 4 probe have resumed work for the 26th lunar day on the far side of the moon.

The lander woke up at 3:13 am on Friday (Beijing time), and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10:29 am on Thursday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.

Landing on the moon on Jan 3, 2019, the Chang'e 4 probe has survived 736 Earth days on the moon.

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