Topics covered:
- Awareness in space.
‘Yutu 2’
What to study?
For Prelims and Mains: All about Yutu 2- features and objectives.
Context: China has named the lunar rover, successfully deployed to carry out a string of experiments on the far side of the moon, as ‘Yutu-2’. The rover’s touchdown is part of China Chang’e-4 lunar probe.
Key facts:
- It follows the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System — China’s homegrown Global Positioning System that started worldwide service last month.
- The rover has been programmed to launch ground penetration radar that would help map the moon’s inner structures.
- It would also analyse soil and rock samples for minerals, apart from activating a radio telescope to search for possible signals from deep space.
Sources: the hindu.
