China successfully landed on the far side of the Moon hours before midnight East Coast time.
Here is the first picture from the lander on the far side of the Moon:
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| Credit: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-moon-landing-dark-side-chinese-spacecraft-change4-a8708951.htm |
Here is an excellent video about the mission:
Twitter is reporting that the Yutu 2 rover has deployed also.
2019 will be a year of planned lunar missions by Israel, India and China.
Meanwhile NASA remains furloughed over a Wall......
Sky Guy in VA
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