China’s Yutu 2 Rover spots an unknown object on moon: See pics inside

A mysterious object has been spotted by China’s Yutu 2 rover while working on its way across the Von Karman crater on the far side of the moon.

According to media reports, Yutu 2 spotted a cube-shaped object on the horizon to the north. It seemed 80 metres away in November during the mission’s 36th lunar day, according to a Yutu 2 diary published by Our Space, a Chinese language science outreach channel affiliated with the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

The object might be a boulder excavated by an event, added the report. Yutu 2 will spend the next 2-3 lunar days (2-3 Earth months) traversing lunar regolith and avoiding certain craters.

The Chang’s 4 lander that is carrying the Yutu 2 rover reached Von Karman Crater on January 2, 2019. In September, the solar-powered rover completed 1,000 days on the Moon. The rover is China’s fourth mission and second to deliver on the moon.

The other missions – Chang’s 1 and 1 were orbiters, whereas Chang’s 3 landing on the near side of the moon with the first Yutu rover. Presently, China has launched Chang’s 5 T1 test mission around the moon.