China’s Chang’e-4 probe resumes work for 26th lunar day

Beijing: The lander and rover of China’s Chang’e-4 probe Friday resumed work for the 26th lunar day on the far side of the moon.

The lander woke up at 3.13 a.m. Friday (Beijing time), and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10.29 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.

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Since landing on the moon January 3, 2019, the Chang’e-4 probe has survived 736 Earth days on the moon, Xinhua news agency reported.

A lunar day equals 14 days on Earth, and a lunar night is the same length.

The 135-kg lunar rover Jade Rabbit-2 is the first-ever rover to drive on the Moon’s far side, as well as the lightest rover ever sent to the Moon.