Mineralogical and chemical properties inversed from 21-lunar-day VNIS observations taken during the Chang’E-4 mission [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 We report on the mineralogical and chemical properties of materials investigated by the lunar rover Yutu-2, which landed on the Von Kármán crater in the pre-Nectarian South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin.
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Publisher Correction: Mineralogical and chemical properties inversed from 21-lunar-day VNIS observations taken during the Chang’E-4 mission [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Qinghong Zeng +7 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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THE ‘MOON MAPPING’ PROJECT TO PROMOTE COOPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS OF ITALY AND CHINA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 The research project ‘Moon Mapping’ has been established in 2014 between the Italian and Chinese Governments to promote cooperation and exchange between undergraduate students from both countries.
M. Scaioni +18 more
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Comprehensive mapping of lunar surface chemistry by adding Chang'e-5 samples with deep learning [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Lunar surface chemistry is essential for revealing petrological characteristics to understand the evolution of the Moon. Existing chemistry mapping from Apollo and Luna returned samples could only calibrate chemical features before 3.0 Gyr, missing the ...
Chen Yang +13 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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APPLICATIONS OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES IN CHANG’E-4 MISSION [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 This paper presents a brief overview of photogrammetry and remote sensing technologies and applications in the Chang’e-4 mission. The developed technologies, such as image matching, block adjustment, 3D mapping, spectral analysis and mineral retrieval ...
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Review of the Precise Orbit Determination for Chinese Lunar Exploration Projects
Earth and Space Science, 2021 China's lunar exploration program has developed and progressed for more than 13 years. Over this time, Precise Orbit Determination (POD) has guaranteed successful execution of the Chang’e missions, and is the basis for further scientific investigations ...
Shanhong Liu +6 more
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Development and Prospect of Chinese Lunar Relay Communication Satellite
Space: Science & Technology, 2021 Relay communication satellites play a very important role on the lunar far side and pole areas exploration missions. Queqiao relay communication satellite was developed to provide relay communication support for the lander and the rover of Chang’e-4 ...
Lihua Zhang
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Sensors, 2022 Chang’E-3 is China’s first soft landing mission on an extraterrestrial celestial body. The laser Three-Dimensional Imaging (TDI) sensor is one of the key payloads of the Chang’E-3 lander.
Donghong Wang +7 more
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