will
india's
Pragyan
rover
meet
China's
Yutu 2
BY - rivanshi rakhRai
India's Pragyan and
China's Yutu 2 are the only
on rovers on the moon
Chandrayaan 3's Vikram
lander, the Pragyan rover
has effectively been
deployed near the moon's
south pole
Currently, the only active
rover on the lunar surface
besides India's is China's
Yutu 2 rover, sent by
Chang’e 4
Chandrayaan 3's Pragyan
rover (L) Chang'e 4 Yutu 2
rover.(ISRO and
CLEP/CNSA
Chang'e-4 landed in the
Von Karman crater in the
South
Pole-Aitkin Basin on
3 January 2019
Landing coordinates were
45.4561 S latitude, 177.5885
E longitude
Chandrayaan 3 planned
landing site for the Vikram
lander was 69.367621 S,
32.348126 E
Distance between 2 active
rovers (#Chandrayaan3
Rover and Chang'e 4
Rover) on Moon is approx
1891 kms (± 5kms)
In the coming year, China
will attempt to gather the
first-ever samples from
the moon's far side
through the Chang'e 6
mission