China broadcasts spacecraft pictures from moon's far side

China broadcasts spacecraft pictures from moon's far side

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https://phys.org/news/2019-01-china-spacecraft-pictures-moon-side.html

The pictures were transmitted by a relay satellite to a control center in Beijing. Space program officials said they mark a success for the mission in showing the rover moving away from its lander.

Researchers hope that low-frequency observations of the cosmos from the far side of the moon, where radio signals from Earth are blocked, will help scientists learn more about the early days of the solar system and birth of the universe's first stars.

                                                            
                                    
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