Chang'e 3 - China Rover Separates From Lander, Now On Moon's Surface

[Elvis Hendrix]

I suppose it's easier this way to get an idea of the relative positions of the lander and the rover.

Yea your right. i thought that as soon as i posted it.
silly me.

[deuem]

http://www.ecns.cn/video/2013/12-17/92891.shtml

try it.  I don't know if this is the video posted before because I can't see it.

[rdunk]

Scientific equipment aboard Chang'e-3 starts working.

A today's Chinese news article about some of the facts of the Rover/Lander's scientific equipment beginning to operate, with some information of what Chang'3 will study.

http://www.ecns.cn/2013/12-17/92838.shtml 

Five of the eight pieces of scientific equipment aboard Chang'e-3 lunar probe have started to observe space, the Earth and the Moon, a Chinese scientist said on Monday.[Special coverage]

They have entered working mode and telescopes and cameras have produced clear images, Zou Yongliao, a scientist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said at a press conference.

Comprising a lander and rover Yutu, (Jade Rabbit) Chang'e-3 soft-landed on the Moon on Saturday evening. Yutu later separated from the lander and rolled to moon surface earlier Sunday. In ancient Chinese mythology, Yutu was the white pet rabbit of the lunar goddess Chang'e.

The mission makes China the third country after the Soviet Union and the United Statesto soft land a spacecraft on lunar soil.

The lander and Yutu each carries four scientific instruments to conduct Moon-based observation, Zou said, adding the lander's cameras took photos of the Moon during its descent.

Yutu and the lander took photos of each other Sunday night through the lander's landform camera and Yutu's panoramic camera. The color images, transmitted live, showed the Chinese national flag on Yutu.

Yutu's radar started working Sunday night to test the structure of lunar soil, according to Zou.

"Chang'e-3 will study the Moon's landforms, geological structure, substance, and potentially exploitable resources," he said, adding, "the lander will observe the Earth's plasmasphere through telescopes."

Scientists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have participated in the Chang'e missions, and some of the data can be shared by scientists and tech savvy enthusiasts all over the world, Zou added.

Chang'e-3 is part of the second phase of China's lunar program, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to the Earth. It follows the success of the Chang'e-1 and Chang'e-2 missions in 2007 and 2010.

[Somamech]

Well this is the Teet LOL

http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n1081/index.html

I would apprecite feedback on load time of this website as it's very slow to load here in Oz. 

[Elvis Hendrix]

Yea Som, very slow here in the uk too.

found this one 2.

http://english.cntv.cn/special/lunarmission/index.shtml

[rdunk]

Somamech, this loaded very quickly for me. I did take a little while to spot the "English" button over to the left in the header. Appears to have a great deal of news/"information" on all of their space stuff.

[Somamech]

Good work mate !   

Nice pic of the Men In Black shaking hands in your link

[Somamech]

Ahh thanks Rdunk! 

So two slow load-times from UK and Oz and one quick from the States. 

Its weird a check, but I have always got slow load time's from any english site in Taiwan too whilst being in Oz.   

[Somamech]

Wow this Pic is Gold

As far as I can tell from the caption on the image... it appears this is a formal press conference announcing the launch.  What I think is gold about this image is that even China are very clearly stating the Mil.  Not some NASA hippy space rubbish




SOURCE:

http://english.cntv.cn/special/lunarmission/index.shtml

EDIT to add link to source... Plus a reminder to us that we need to search those Characters which translate into english that say:

State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, P.R.C.

[Somamech]

Oki Doki this is Odd 

I was checking Space.com for info on the Launch/Rover Mission and they said Jade Rabbit landed in the Bay of Rainbow's as evidenced here in this screenshot:



SOURCE ARTICLE of my Screen Selfie:


China Lands On The Moon: Historic Robotic Lunar Landing Includes 1st Chinese Rover

http://www.space.com/23968-china-moon-rover-historic-lunar-landing.html

Now I thought Space.com was reputable website... But it Seem's Wikipedia has another slant on the Landing Location regarding the Jade Rabbit.

According to Wikipedia the Little Rabbit is not located in the Bay of Rainbow's, but infact it's located in Mare Imbrium?


SOURCE for Selfie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_Iridum


So Space.com and wikipedia differ in where the landing occured as evidenced in my Selfies

[WarToad]

My understanding is Sinus Iridum ("Bay of Rainbows") is a region in the northern part of Mare Imbrium ("Sea of Showers").  I think people are getting a little sloppy with language.

Edit -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_Iridum

Sinus Iridum (Latin for "Bay of Rainbows") is a plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium on Earth's moon



Edit #2 - Found Chang'e landing zone



So, yea.  It's right on the edge of both.  Or, actually in both?  LOL!

Edit #3 -

The precise landing zone of China's Chang'e-3, with the Yutu rover deployed, seems to be in the middle of nowhere. From the standpoint of planetary science, however, and the cause of acquiring a better understanding of the formation of the Imbrium basin, the surface and below and very interesting. Pushed LROC WAC GLD100 mosaic (100 meter per pixel resolution) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Boxes indicate areas in Chang'e-3 descent images. The spacecraft is probably in, or very near, the smallest box. Field of view 4700 meters wide, from LROC NAC M181302794L orbit 11832, January 15, 2012; angle of incidence 71.7° at 1.57 meters resolution, from 158.79 km [NASA/GSFC/ASU/JHUAPL].

[Somamech]

Good work WT 

My point is that one website is a self stated "Authority on Space" which a lot of people take for fact, and the other is an "Authority Fact Master" on everything known to the universe

So in essence people who either make a lot of money off our view's via clicking their website, or other's who garner donations, they both share something in common... They both have teams of people supposedly sorting fact's who cannot even get fact's correct!

Now if it was my full time job to sort through the info I would make sure I reported it correctly with disclaimer's.

[Somamech]

Ok my wifey said this in regards to the Charachter's in this image "Military Technology Division"

She also said this could called be called defenese department or something like that under her breath whilst I am harrasing her getting ready for work LOL



So NADA Nasa Hippy Crap for the people there.  DOT MIL all the way and why we wont see any truth unless we prod a little

[Somamech]

Oddly though...

http://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/lro-finding-change-3.html

How come NASA use greyscale imagery yet the Navy have nice Colour which correlate's with fact ?

[Somamech]

Well seeing this website is called the Livingmoon...

Anyone Recall why one may be interested in this mission and the "Hunt"

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/02files/Moon_Images.html

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For decades you have been shown that the Moon is a dull lifeless world, in fact organizations like the USGS and NASA have even gone out of their way to keep this myth alive with images like the one below...