Landing Stability Among Chang’e 4 Moon Mission Challenges

Credit: Chang'e: China Space News
BEIJING—Chinese space engineers see navigation and landing stability among their main challenges in preparing for an historic unmanned mission to the far side of the Moon that they plan for 2018. Others challenges are coping with minus 180 C (minus 290 F) temperatures during long lunar nights and...

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