China Moon Rover Prepares For 45th Lunar Day of Exploration as NASA Declares “New Race To Space”
Yutu-2 now in sleep mode, conserving electricity generated during day via PV panels while relying on RHU heating to survive 44th lunar night; In total Yutu-2 has traversed 1,239.88 m within Von Kármán crater on Moon farside South Pole–Aitken basin over 1,282 days of operations, while Yutu traveled 114 m; Despite prognostication from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaking to German newspaper Bild expressing concern over “China landing on the moon and saying: It’s ours now, and you’re staying out”, there are no signs of such an effort