Chronology of the Basalt Units Surrounding Chang’e-4 Landing Area [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 The Chang’e-4 (CE-4) lunar probe, the first soft landing spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, successfully landed in the Von Kármán crater on 3 January 2019. Geological studies of the landing area have been conducted and more intensive studies will be
Zongyu Yue +6 more
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Microwave tomography for Lunar Penetrating Radar data processing in Chang’e 4 mission [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis work presents the results achieved by applying a microwave tomographic approach to the data collected by the Lunar Penetrating Radar onboard Yutu-2 rover in the frame of the Chang’e 4 mission.
Francesco Soldovieri +4 more
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Descent trajectory reconstruction and landing site positioning of Chang’E-4 on the lunar farside [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 The Chang’E-4 mission in January 2019 had the major challenge to land on the lunar far side without traditional radiometric techniques due to the missing line-of-sight.
Jianjun Liu +16 more
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Primary and albedo protons detected by the Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry experiment on the lunar farside [PDF]
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 The Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) Experiment aboard the Chang’E-4 Lander on the lunar far-side measures energetic charged and neutral particles and monitors the corresponding radiation levels.
Zigong Xu +10 more
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Enhancing the vertical resolution of lunar penetrating radar data using predictive deconvolution [PDF]
Earth and Planetary PhysicsThe Yutu-2 rover onboard the Chang’E-4 mission performed the first lunar penetrating radar detection on the farside of the Moon. The high-frequency channel presented us with many unprecedented details of the subsurface structures within a depth of ...
Chao Li, JinHai Zhang
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High frequency Lunar Penetrating Radar quality control, editing and processing of Chang'E-4 lunar mission. [PDF]
Sci DataChinese lunar landing mission Chang’E-4 reached the far side of the Moon in January 2019 and has been providing unprecedented Lunar Penetrating Radar data able to explore the lunar subsurface down to more than 40 m (with its more resolutive high ...
Roncoroni G +6 more
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Geological characteristics of Chang’E-6 landing area in micro-scale unveiled by new observation data [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsChang’E-6 mission successfully achieved humanity’s first sample return from the farside of the Moon. Here, we report a high-precision terrain dataset with millimeter-to-decimeter spatial resolution around the CE-6 landing site. Based on this dataset, the
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Chang'E-5 radar reveals fast regolith production at landing site. [PDF]
Sci RepLunar regolith is an unconsolidated fine-grained layer overlaying on the entire lunar surface, formed by continuous impact and space weathering processes.
Yu G, Pang Y, Xu M, Qian Y.
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Polycyclic aromatics in the Chang’E 5 lunar soils [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPolycyclic aromatics are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium and meteorites, yet the search for lunar polycyclic aromatics remains a significant challenge. Here, we analyze Chang’E-5 lunar soil samples, revealing polycyclic aromatic concentrations of 5.
Guangcai Zhong +18 more
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Density Structure of the Von Kármán Crater in the Northwestern South Pole-Aitken Basin: Initial Subsurface Interpretation of the Chang’E-4 Landing Site Region [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 The Von Kármán Crater, within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, is the landing site of China’s Chang’E-4 mission. To complement the in situ exploration mission and provide initial subsurface interpretation, we applied a 3D density ...
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