The latest picture of Yutu-2 is released! Sending you New Year's greetings!

"Yutu" is here to wish you a happy new year! China National Space Administration releases the latest engineering photos of Yutu-2

As the Year of the Rabbit approaches, the National Space Administration released the latest engineering photos of Yutu-2 on January 21, sending New Year's greetings to the Chinese people.

The trajectory of the Yutu-2 lunar rover on the lunar surface during the first 50 days of the lunar calendar, with a total driving distance of 1,455.2 meters and a straight-line distance of 865.1 meters from the Chang'e 4 lander. Image source: China National Space Administration

Along with the joy of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, when the first ray of sunlight spread over the back of the moon, the Yutu-2 lunar rover and the Chang'e-4 lander woke up autonomously on January 15 and January 16 respectively, ushering in the 51st lunar day working period.

During the morning of the 51st lunar day (January 18, 2023), when the Yutu-2 lunar rover reached point LE05103, the panoramic camera on board the lunar rover took a 360-degree panoramic photo of the lunar rover. This photo is a mosaic of the panoramic camera's panoramic photos, and the tracks left by the lunar rover can be seen in the photo. Image source: National Space Administration

During the morning of the 51st lunar day (January 18, 2023), when the Yutu-2 lunar rover drove to point LE05103, the panoramic camera took images of the lunar surface. The left picture shows the ruts left by the lunar rover, the middle picture shows a stone about 25 centimeters in size about 4 meters away from the lunar rover, and the right picture shows a small impact crater about 37 meters away from the lunar rover, with a diameter of about 5 meters. Image source: National Space Administration

At present, Yutu-2 has been working for more than 4 years, has traveled nearly 1,500 meters in total, and has released more than 940.1 GB of scientific data at all levels.

Source: Xinhua News Agency