First pictures from the far side of the moon

First pictures from the far side of the moon

China’s Chang’e-4 robot continues its mission to scour the Earth’s satellite, kicking dust and taking pictures as it does. The machine currently traverses the SPA basin, geological formation on the dark side of the moon and the one depicted in the pictures online. Lunar rover have met some difficulties in its journey so far – it had to survive lunar noon which ramps up the surface’s temperature to 200 degrees, for one – but so far the Chinese ingenuity has seen it through it all.

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