Wednesday, August 2, 2023 – 7:51 PM
BEIJING, AUGUST 2, 2020 (WAM) — Chinese astronomers revealed in a research paper that the Chinese lunar probe Chang’e-7, powered by a hopping detector, may begin to explore water ice in the shadow hole near the moon’s south pole.
According to the Chinese news agency, Xinhua, that Beijing plans to launch the “Chang’e-6” explorer to land on the lunar surface around 2024 to collect samples from the far side of the moon, before sending the “Chang’e-7” probe around 2026 to carry out resource exploration. The south pole of the moon.
Both orbital remote sensing and in situ detection of permanent shadow regions of the lunar south pole are expected to be carried out in the process of verifying the source, content and distribution of lunar water ice, according to a review article published in the journal Space: Science and Technology.
Ahmed Al Botli
