On the surface of the moon. Chinese photos compared to American ones. The Chinese probe sent the first photos from the far side of the moon The surface of the moon pictures of Chinese devices

Space has always interested man, and the Moon, as the closest object, has become the subject of close attention. On June 30, 1964, NASA's Ranger program took the first close-up images of the Moon and began collecting information to prepare for a manned flight to the Moon. Since that time, the number of photographs has grown steadily, and with them the number of lunar mysteries has grown. What professionals and amateurs did not find in the pictures of our neighbor ...

A strange object above the horizon of the Moon, taken by Lunokhod-2.

In different places of the Earth's satellite, traces were taken, left, presumably, by rolling boulders.

The first photos of such phenomena appeared in the early 1970s, and their collection is still growing.

The smaller object in this image, the one that made the longer path, somehow rose out of the crater before continuing down the slope.

This picture was taken using Google Moon: on the back of the satellite near the Sea of ​​Moscow, with a strong approach, you can see a strange object - seven dots located at right angles.

This image was captured by the HIRES camera on the Clementine space station. The eroded structure has a distinctly rectangular anatomy.

And this is a crater, filmed on the far side of the moon, which looks more like a hole in the surface. This type of crater has been called "collapse crater", and ufologists suspect that it is nothing more than the remains of underground lunar structures.

The crater in this photo does have a rectangular shape, which is contrary to the laws of nature.

These are the craters Messier and Messier A. Also a strange shape, similar to the fact that they are connected by a tunnel.
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Image taken by the US Lunar Orbiter probe on the far side of the Moon. In the Sea of ​​Crises, near the crater Picard rises an amazing "tower" resembling an artificial structure.

Skeptics believe that this "moon tower" is just a defect in film processing, but judging by the enlarged fragment of the image, the object seems quite real.

The second Lunar Orbiter find is even more controversy: image number LO3-84M shows a strange structure almost two kilometers high.

The shadow of the object and its unevenness in the reflected light are clearly distinguishable, as if it were made of glass.

An anomaly in the form of an unusual rectangle in the lunar crater was found by modern virtual archaeologists in one of the photos of the Apollo 10 mission, which are in the public domain.

Fans of riddles believe that the entrance to a certain dungeon got into the lens.

And this is a snapshot of a relief that resembles ruins on Earth.

On October 30, 2007, former head of the NASA Lunar Laboratory Photographic Service Ken Johnston and writer Richard Hoagland held a press conference in Washington, DC, reports of which immediately appeared on all world news channels.

They stated that at one time American astronauts discovered the ruins of ancient cities and artifacts on the Moon, indicating the existence of some highly developed civilization on it in the distant past.

And this is a pyramidal elevation on dark side Moon.

The Chinese lunar satellite Chang'e-2, launched on October 1, 2010, discovered such objects.

The pictures were published by Alex Collier, who is known for retelling messages coming from space from aliens.

Here are more pictures of the surface of the moon, which depict structures of an interesting shape.

Some construction.

Relief of an unusual shape.

The outlines of buildings can be clearly distinguished in the picture.

Another object that seems artificial.

A similar glow on the dark side of the moon has been seen repeatedly.

And this stone of a strange shape very much resembles a skull.

An unidentified object on the surface of the moon.

A sensational article appeared in the American newspaper The New York Times: "A human skeleton was found on the moon." The publication refers to Chinese astrophysicist Mao Kang, who presented this photo at a conference in Beijing.

NASA released this footage, taken by cameras on the Ebb and Flow twin satellites, one of which flew over the rectangular object.

Lunar "buildings" again.

Not so long ago, ufologists from the Secure Team 10 team discovered a "tank" in one of the NASA images.

And a popular American ufologist under the nickname Streetcap1 found an “alien base” in images of the far side of the moon taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe.

This is a picture of the surface of the moon former employee NASA Ken Johnson: in its center you can see the Apollo mission module, but on the left side there are several mysterious points.

Most of the points are located in even parallel rows, which is extremely rare for natural formations.

New NASA research has shown that the moon has mysterious swirling patterns of light and dark spots. They are found in more than a hundred different places throughout the surface.

On November 25, 2015, an amateur astronomer named Dennis Simmons captured the International Space Station in his telescope image, which should be at an altitude of about 400 km from the Earth's surface, but for some reason is right next to the Moon in the photo.

Another Australian, Tom Haredine, who filmed on November 21, 2015, also captured the station there.

It turns out that either the ISS flew to the moon, or astronomers took a photo of an unknown object that looks like an earth station.

A lot of noise on the Web has been made by frames that clearly show that an "alien" is wandering on the surface of the moon.

On September 15, 2012, one of the amateur astronomers posted a video on the Web in which you can see how a whole flock of small luminous objects breaks off the surface of one of the craters.

UFOs over the lunar surface were also found on footage taken by the Apollo 10 mission.

And this huge elongated "alien ship" "buried" its nose into the lunar soil, apparently during an unsuccessful landing.

This object with a "tail" of light was discovered by ufologists on footage of the Apollo 11 mission.

A UFO resembles a projectile or a flying ship.

This group of lights separated from the surface of the Earth's satellite.

The photo of an unusual object above the lunar horizon was taken by the pilot from the Apollo 17 mission Harrison Schmidt.

"Straight wall" - this is the name of a perfectly flat formation almost 75 km long.

The mysterious moon is interesting not only for Russian but also for Chinese scientists. According to researchers, in the near future it will become an excellent storehouse of rare minerals and energy for humanity. Over time, the veils of secrecy will open, and the finds on the lunar surface will become a unique treasure for each person. China thoroughly undertook its study, inventing a new technique for flying to the moon.

How the Chinese study the moon

China is one of the largest powers, which has its own unique equipment in the field of astronautics. A huge country is armed with various satellites and missiles. China is launching stations to the Moon, and plans to master Mars in the near future. Back in the 90s, the so-called lunar program was developed and launched, the stages of which have already been partially implemented. Now the Chinese are preparing for a new stage of development. This time it is planned to send a new apparatus into space to study and explore the far side of the Moon, where no man-made equipment has ever been. According to its external data, the lunar rover will be similar to the famous Yutu. It will be rectangular in shape.

Six durable wheels will be equipped solar panels that can move. The unit will be 1500 cm long, 1000 cm wide and 1100 cm high. The name of the unit has not yet been chosen. The new spacecraft will be equipped with special parts and loads that can be adjusted to cope with the difficult terrain of the moon. Planned landing site South Pole-Aitken Basin. The plans include studying the geological structure and mineral composition of the soil, taking soil samples for research. As with the previous device, images will be taken during the examination.

Chinese moon rover

The first Chinese envoy to the moon was the Jade Hare rover or Yutu. On December 14, 2013, a lunar rover weighing more than 100 kilograms landed on the surface of the moon. The landing time took 11 minutes, which can be considered pride. The landing site was the Sea of ​​Rains, although another site was planned. Chinese geologists say they have been able to study emissions from a crater located 50 meters from the landing site. Before landing, the lunar rover made a circle around the platform and went to explore the lunar surface. Stops were periodically made to conduct spectrometric studies. All this time, the cameras of the platform did not stop filming everything around. After moving away from the launch site through a distance of 114 meters, the “Jade Hare” experienced disruptions in movement and the cover of the solar panels stopped closing. Lunokhod stopped moving, but its activity continued.

Lunokhod was so unique and was modernly equipped with:

• color and infrared cameras;
• ground penetrating radar;
• alpha-proton spectrometer on the manipulator.

All results of the study were sent for geological research without fail. On the platform from which the lunar rover was landed, cameras and an ultraviolet telescope were also installed, so it was possible to observe not only the exosphere of the earth, but also stars and galaxies.

Satellite data confirmed that the surface of the moon is enriched with minerals and olivine, which contains a huge amount of iron. The structure of the moon contains a large amount of titanium. The ground penetrating radar, which was equipped with the lunar rover, made it possible to see a distance of 500 meters deep. With the help of it, several layers of rock were discovered, which indicates several periods of volcanism. space program China repeated what was achieved decades ago.

Important! Lunokhod observations suggest that the composition of the rocks where the lander landed is different from where other missions have been.

Pictures of the moon from the rover

The first photographs on the Moon were taken two hours after the Jade Hare landed. In color photos of the lunar rover and the landing station, the color of the lunar surface turned out to be different than in the photos taken in the 60-70s. The surface of the moon was much browner, which still raises many questions. In total, 35 gigabytes of data from two cameras of the lunar rover were published. All photographs are unique and interesting not only for scientists, but also for ordinary people.

The surface of the moon is rich in rare minerals that are essential for humanity. Now scientists are thoroughly developing various methods for obtaining metals, oxygen and helium. During the research, deposits of water ice were discovered. Research can open up new possibilities for a person. Some believe that it opens up prospects for the future as a space tourism destination, which can attract a huge amount of funds for its development. Far from all the mysteries of the lunar surface have been solved yet, but scientists from China and beyond are striving to explore every piece of the Moon.

On the evening of December 14, 2013, an event occurred that until quite recently it was difficult to even imagine. A Chinese rover with an amazing name landed on the moon "Yutu" - "Jade Hare". From that moment on, two space powers claiming to colonize the planets of the solar system have a new competitor - China!

A spaceship with the poetic name Chang'e-3 delivered the Jade Hare to the Earth's satellite. Name vehicle It was not chosen by chance, in vain the space agencies of the world powers with gloating in their souls expected an emergency situation that would not allow the lunar rover to descend to the surface of the Earth satellite. The fact is that Chang E is the goddess of the moon, one of the most popular characters in Chinese mythology. In honor of her, every year on August 15, women all over China bake cakes and cookies in the shape of a crescent or a hare, then to solemnly sacrifice them to Chang E.

As one of the legends says, once upon a time, a young happy married couple lived near Mount Kunlun. The husband, Hou Yi, hunted in the mountains, and his wife, Chang E, took care of the household. Once, for a righteous life full of love and kindness, the gods gave the spouses the elixir of immortality. Pleased with an unexpected gift, the lovers decided to drink a miraculous drink on the 15th day of August. But, as luck would have it, it was on this day that nine suns rose in the sky at once - the children of one of the gods, who, playing, began to chase each other across the sky.

From the unbearable heat, the earth warmed up, the rivers boiled, the grass withered, and people did not know where to go. The whole wide world prayed to the hunter Hou Yi to stop the frantic dance of nine scorching suns. The hunter pulled on his tight bow and shot nine times in a row with charmed white arrows. None of them flew by. The slain suns fell to the ground, and the long-awaited rain poured from the sky.

At this time, Chang E, without waiting for her husband, took the elixir and, gaining airy lightness, rose into the sky. Longing for her husband, she built herself a palace on the moon and from there watched his earthly life. In China, they believe that Yutu (jade hare) lives with Chang E on the moon, who crushes an immortal potion for the gods and his girlfriend Chang E in a mortar.

It is not surprising that with such a heavenly patron, the Jade Hare lunar rover did not get lost in space and successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface.

NASA EXPOSURE

Whatever you say, 2013 turned out to be extremely unsuccessful for the United States. First the story with Snowden, then the political defeat in Syria, and at the end of the day an unexpected gift from Chinese moon rover, who immediately took several sensational photographs from the first steps on the moon, which once again made the whole world doubt: were the Americans really on the moon?

Thanks to the images obtained from the Jade Hare, it suddenly turned out that the surface of the Moon was not gray-silver, as the Americans claimed, but a non-uniform brown-brown. The landing of the apparatus on the lunar surface took only eleven minutes for the employees of the Beijing Mission Control Center, which, of course, is a reason for pride, because last time manned automatic station "Luna-24" descended to the lunar surface back in 1976.

Soon, the Chinese media reported enthusiastically that the Jade Hare had landed on the Sea of ​​Rains, a little further east than originally thought. However, this did not prevent the lunar rover from immediately sending back to Earth pictures of the lunar surface as it really is - dark brown! Immediately after the publication of shocking photos, the Internet literally exploded with indignant remarks, and NASA, extremely dissatisfied with the Chinese lunar project, had to justify itself once again. After all, many experts quite rightly stated that the grayish-silvery surface of the Moon in the photo of the Americans is a banal discoloration, which is used if it is necessary to hide unwanted changes in the relief or inconspicuous objects on its surface.

Fantasy or conspiracy theory? Unfortunately no! The fact is that when Eugene Cernan photographed himself on the Moon, the Moon is gray-silver in his picture, but it is reflected brown on his helmet. That is, the Chinese lunar rover actually proved that the United States is carefully hiding something regarding the stay of its astronauts on the lunar surface! Many researchers of anomalous phenomena around the world have already recognized the lunar incident as the real exposure of NASA. The space agency was immediately reminded of the US flag waving on the moon in a vacuum, and footprints on the lunar surface, which simply could not be there.

And the leak of a conversation between two astronauts about the alien spacecraft they observed on the Moon is now not at all questioned. If the record is reliable, then it becomes quite clear why the program of lunar exploration and colonization of the planets of the solar system in the second half of the 20th century, both in the USSR and in the USA, was unexpectedly curtailed for several decades. Perhaps the earthlings were just politely but persistently asked not to disturb the inhabitants of the moon.

APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT TALKS

One of the experts, whose words are trusted all over the world, the former director of NASA, Christopher Krafg, once made public an interesting record made while the astronauts were on the moon:

ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG and EDWIN OLDRIN transmit from the Moon:“These are giant things. No, no, no... This is not an optical illusion. There can be no doubt about that!”

MISSION CONTROL (HOUSTON CENTER):“What… what… what? What the hell are you doing there? What's happened?"

ASTRONAUTS:"They're here, below the surface." MISSION CONTROL: “What's in there? (Communication interrupted...) Control center calls Apollo 11.

ASTRONAUTS:“We saw several guests. They were there for a while, checking the equipment."

FLIGHT CONTROL:"Repeat your last message."

ASTRONAUTS:"I say that there are others spaceships. They stand in a straight line on the other side of the crater."

FLIGHT CONTROL:“Repeat… repeat!”

ASTRONAUTS:“Let us probe this sphere… 625 to 5… automatic relay connected… My hands are shaking so much that I can't do anything. Take it off? My God, if those damned cameras pick up anything… what then?”

FLIGHT CONTROL:"Can you take something off?"

ASTRONAUTS:“I no longer have the film handy. Three shots from the “saucer1, or whatever it is called, ruined the film.”

FLIGHT CONTROL:"Regain control! Are they in front of you? Any UFO noises heard?

ASTRONAUTS:"They've landed here! They are here and they are watching us!”

FLIGHT CONTROL:“Mirrors, mirrors… can you adjust them?”

ASTRONAUTS:“Yes, they are in the right place. But those who built these ships may arrive tomorrow and remove them. Once and forever".

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE HOLLOW MOON

The most popular version of the origin of the moon among ufologists is the theory of its creation by some kind of intelligent civilization. At the same time, researchers argue that the Moon is hollow inside. In support of their words, supporters of the hollow moon theory, including many world-famous scientists, cite several fairly convincing arguments.

1. Firstly, scientists have always been alarmed by the size of the Earth's satellite. According to modern data, the Moon is about four times smaller than the Earth. However, no other planet in the solar system has natural satellites of such large sizes. No less surprising is the ratio of the sizes of the Moon and the Sun visible from the Earth - they are identical, the difference is only half a degree. Both facts can speak in favor of the artificial placement or construction of the Moon by an external force.
2. Secondly, there is a large amount of titanium in the structure of the Moon, which, by the way, was also confirmed by the Jade Hare. An increased concentration of this metal in the soil may indicate the possible presence of a titanium frame, otherwise the depth of craters from asteroid impacts would be several times greater. Scientists calculated that with a crater diameter of 150 kilometers, the funnel should be at least 50 kilometers deep, and not four, as practice shows.
3. Thirdly, scientists are haunted by lunar seas, which are believed to have been formed from solidified lava. On the Moon, there would simply be nowhere to take such an amount of lava.
4. Fourth, attention is drawn to the uneven attraction in different places of the satellite, which, according to scientists, clearly indicates the heterogeneity of its bowels. Moreover, fluctuations in the attraction of the Moon are observed mainly just under the lunar seas. In this regard, the beginning of the study of the Moon by the Jade Hare looks like a rare success in this area.

And, finally, the most important thing: according to the calculations of astronomers, the Moon has a very low density - only 60% of the density of the Earth. This can only mean one thing: the moon is hollow inside, has a hard, most likely titanium shell, covered with a small layer of several kilometers of earth, sand and cosmic dust.

MYSTERIOUS CATALOG

The hypothesis of not only a hollow, but also a habitable Moon is not new. Back in 1968, NASA even published an unusual catalog that included descriptions of 579 different lunar anomalies collected over 300 years of observations. For the first time, amazing objects moving on the surface of the moon were discovered back in the 18th century by astronomer William Herschel. One day, while studying a night star through a telescope, he suddenly saw strange lights moving across the surface of the moon, as well as unusual lines and geometric shapes. Since then, the observation of unusual objects on the Moon has become commonplace. Already today, an astronomer from Japan, Yatsuo Mitsushima, for more than ten years, has repeatedly recorded on a video camera using an 800x telescope the flights of incomprehensible dark objects over various parts of the moon.

Not less than interesting information Seen in Dark Mission - NASA's Secret History. The author, in particular, cites the story former leader NASA Lunar Laboratory Photo Services by Ken Johnston. Among other things, a former space agency official claims that he has several photographs in which "ancient ruins of artificial origin" are visible on the lunar surface.

At the same time, at a press conference in Washington, Johnston tried to release photographs that he should have destroyed more than 40 years ago, he was excluded from the press conference. Also on the pages of the book it is suggested that the Americans delivered to Earth from the Moon several unique technologies that provided the United States with a technological advantage at the end of the 20th century.

OWNERS OF SELENA

In light of these facts, it is not surprising that lunar exploration has been virtually ignored over the past few decades. Perhaps the Americans really encountered on the surface of the Moon not only ancient ruins, but also creatures that they considered both premature and dangerous to talk about. However, in recent years, industrial developed countries In the world, interest in the colonization of the Moon, Mars, and Venus, unexpectedly “forgotten” in the mid-1970s, reappeared. Such changes can only mean one thing: either the real inhabitants of the Moon left it, or they received permission for the joint use of a space object by different civilizations.

The second version is supported by the fact that the exploration of the Moon, which unexpectedly ended at the end of 1972, was carried out by NASA civilian specialists. But after the resumption of research in 1994, the Clementine reconnaissance station, launched by the Pentagon, went to the moon. The main task of the flight was to compile a complete photographic map of the lunar surface. What for? Logically, if in the 1970s the owners of the moon asked the earthlings in the person of the Americans not to disturb them anymore, then the flight of a military intelligence station is quite logical.

Perhaps it was he who gave mankind hope for an early return to the Moon, since a year later, in the summer of 1995, the International Program for Observing Anomalous Phenomena on the Moon was announced. Even the famous Hubble telescope, located directly in the orbit of the moon, was involved in the research. As part of the project, Nobel laureate Francis Crick, who discovered the DNA code, made an interesting statement: “It is possible that“ they ”wanted to turn the Earth into something like a reservation or a natural intergalactic park, where living species that did not reach perfection in the process would be born and preserved. evolution and are far behind the others, but can still be useful as gene reserves or simply as natural attractions.”

Other participants in the research were more frank: in their opinion, the “chariots of fire” descending from heaven in ancient times are nothing more than alien ships that, with the growth of the technological level of aggressive humanity, stopped flying to us for fear of being shot down.

At the same time, serious scientific organizations on both sides of the ocean, back in the 20th century, the most interesting anomalies on the surface of the moon were revealed. Thus, the group of Professor Richard Hoagland, with the help of a special computer program analyzed many images of the lunar surface with clearly visible anomalies. The first to be discovered were "lunar domes" - triangular hills of absolutely regular shape, which could not be explained by ordinary geological processes.

The next strange object was the "peak" located near the crater Uckert, photographed in 1967 by the Lunar Orbiter 3 probe. The strange "peak" rises 2.5 kilometers above the surface of the planet. And this is not a geological formation. If the “peak” were a freak of nature, according to scientists, it would not have been able to exist on the Moon for a long time due to the erosion of the lunar surface.

Soon the next anomaly was discovered - the "tower", an 11-kilometer hill, resembling a comet standing on its tail. When Hoagland's assistants zoomed in on both objects, they discovered light coming from their depths. Perplexed researchers suggested that these are artificial structures made of vitreous material, inside of which unknown light sources are located. It is interesting to note that when plans for the colonization of the moon were being developed in the United States, the dome of the base of earthlings was supposed to be made of quartz glass. It is possible that the predecessors of earthlings went in a similar way in the development of the lunar surface.

In 1967, the TV cameras of the Lunar Orbiter 3 probe recorded five stone structures that strongly resemble the terrestrial Egyptian pyramids. Scientists have counted dozens of such mysterious objects! The most interesting was photograph number 4822, taken in the area of ​​the Uckert crater in May 1969 by astronauts who circled the Moon on Apollo 10.

When the picture was enlarged, it turned out that it depicts a kind of dome towering 1.5 kilometers above the surface of the moon. Some researchers have suggested that the unusual dome protects the lunar city underneath. By the way, the pictures taken from the Clementine also confirmed the presence of this dome. At the same time, NASA initially refused the request to transfer the negatives of the studied photographs to Hoagland's group, and then he received only an insignificant part of the photographs with carefully retouched places in which objects of artificial origin should have been located.

In response, Hoagland said that he had no doubt that the Moon was once really colonized by an unknown civilization, after which there were giant buildings that at least American astronauts and NASA leadership know about. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain how the Apollos never collided with any of these structures when flying over the Moon at low altitudes. In addition, the professor was indignant at the fact that out of millions of photographs of the Moon, only a small part is available to researchers. And this despite the fact that back in the 19th century, European astronomers seriously claimed that they had observed the ruins of lunar cities through telescopes. Where did they disappear when a man and his moon rovers visited the Moon?

The Jade Hare should answer all questions related to the secrets of the Moon, because it was for this that he was sent to the natural satellite of the Earth. For this, it has every opportunity, because the lunar rover can overcome up to 200 meters every hour, climb slopes at an angle of 30 °, and even shine through the surface of the Moon to a depth of 100 meters, while analyzing the composition of the soil.

Let's hope that in the near future, the PRC government, not engaged by various national and supranational structures, will nevertheless reveal to the inhabitants of the Earth the truth about the existence of a civilization of lunar inhabitants and their cities.

In the summer of 2016, we had to say goodbye to another space explorer, the Yutu lunar rover. Very little is known about it, partly because the PR people of the Chinese Space Agency still have to learn how to work, partly because the device began to have technical problems after a month of work - no one likes to talk about unsuccessful missions.

The Yutu lunar rover (“Jade Hare”), weighing 120 kg, landed on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite in December 2013 using the 1.2-ton Chang’e 3 descent platform. The technical implementation of the program strongly resembled the flights of the Soviet Luna-17 and Luna- 21", with moon rovers on board.

Flight and landing Change 3 and Yutu

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Yutu successfully landed on the surface, and turned around so that China could display the red flag on the moon to the whole world.

At this point, the main propaganda mission of the mission was completed and the program's media coverage was drastically reduced even before the problems began.

Yutu completed a lap of honor around the platform and moved on to lunar exploration.

Along the way, stops were made, at which the manipulator was deployed and spectrometric studies were carried out.

The panoramic camera of the Chang'e 3 platform took pictures of the surroundings, the lunar rover, and the Earth in the sky.

When Yutu retired a few tens of meters from the starting point, information about him practically ceased to get into the press. As it became clear from the stingy official comments, the lunar rover had problems with the movement system and the thermal control system - the cover of the solar batteries did not close at night.

Lunokhod no longer went, and no news was published about him, so he was almost forgotten. However, his performance remained. Approximately six months after landing, a new panorama of the Moon was published, taken on the way to the eternal parking lot.

Photos of the Chinese moon rover and the landing station were posted on the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Now they have been moved somewhere and the old links give empty pages, but you can still find photos and videos, although the archives included more pictures. In addition, the map of the Moon, compiled from images of two Chinese satellites Chang'e 1 and 2, is not active, and the existing site is malfunctioning.

Communication sessions with Yutu continued for more than two years and ended only in June 2016.

Lunokhod had four scientific instruments: a color stereo camera, an infrared camera, an alpha-proton spectrometer on a manipulator, and a ground penetrating radar. All studies were focused on geology: studying the soil, comparing the data obtained with previous studies, including the American Apollo and the Soviet "Moons".

On the Chang'e 3 landing platform was a color mast camera and an ultraviolet telescope for observing the Earth's exosphere, stars and galaxies. In fact, the station turned out to be the first automatic astronomical observatory on the surface of the Moon.

The Chinese Moon in the pictures of the color cameras of the lunar rover and the landing station turned out to be yellower or browner than the surface that the astronauts managed to shoot in the 60s and 70s.

However, if you look at the pictures of the Moon from the Earth, it is easy to see that the landing took place approximately at the border of two regions, one of which differs just in brown shades.

The landing took place in the Sea of ​​Rains, at a distance of 50 meters from the edge of a 450 meter crater, which was later named Qi Wei. According to Chinese geologists, they managed to study the emissions from this crater, they were convinced of this by large boulders lying in the vicinity and a rocky surface.

But in scientific publications wrote that the telescope worked for at least 18 months, managing to shoot up to 10 thousand images a month. Later, Chinese scientists managed to compile a star catalog of 86,000 stars. Whether the telescope is still working, there is no information.

China's next goal on the moon is to repeat a similar study, only this time on the far side of the moon, where no human-made lander has yet landed. The rover will have to study the unusual geological formation of the South Pole-Aitken Basin. The Chang'e IV spacecraft will be able to communicate with Earth using a relay satellite, which is expected to launch in 2018. Accordingly, the rover will depart later.

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