Scientific objectives and payload configuration of the Chang'E-7 mission

C Wang, Y Jia, C Xue, Y Lin, J Liu, X Fu… - National Science …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
As the cornerstone mission of the fourth phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program,
Chang'E-7 (CE-7) was officially approved, and implementation started in 2022, including a …

Overview of the Chang'e-4 mission: Opening the frontier of scientific exploration of the lunar far side

C Li, W Zuo, W Wen, X Zeng, X Gao, Y Liu, Q Fu… - Space Science …, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract China's Chang'e-4 (CE-4) mission is the first human lander/rover mission on the far
side of the Moon. Its probe is composed of a lander, rover, and the Queqiao relay satellite …

Ground penetrating radar observations of subsurface structures in the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

SE Hamran, DA Paige, A Allwood, HEF Amundsen… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
The Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment instrument has conducted the first rover-
mounted ground-penetrating radar survey of the Martian subsurface. A continuous radar …

A 2-year locomotive exploration and scientific investigation of the lunar farside by the Yutu-2 rover

L Ding, R Zhou, Y Yuan, H Yang, J Li, T Yu, C Liu… - Science Robotics, 2022‏ - science.org
The lunar nearside has been investigated by many uncrewed and crewed missions, but the
farside of the Moon remains poorly known. Lunar farside exploration is challenging because …

Comprehensive map** of lunar surface chemistry by adding Chang'e-5 samples with deep learning

C Yang, X Zhang, L Bruzzone, B Liu, D Liu… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Lunar surface chemistry is essential for revealing petrological characteristics to understand
the evolution of the Moon. Existing chemistry map** from Apollo and Luna returned …

Lunar regolith and substructure at Chang'E-4 landing site in South Pole–Aitken basin

J Zhang, B Zhou, Y Lin, MH Zhu, H Song, Z Dong… - nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract The South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin is the oldest and largest impact structure on the
Moon, and it gives particular insight on the lunar interior composition,–. However, the …

Discrimination between dry and water ices by full polarimetric radar: Implications for China's first martian exploration

H Liu, J Li, X Meng, B Zhou, G Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
China's first Mars rover named “Zhurong” has begun its exploration at the surface of the
Utopian Plain in the Martian northern hemisphere on May 22, 2021. Mars rover penetrating …

A unified model for ductile-to-brittle transition in body-centered cubic metals

YH Zhang, E Ma, J Sun, WZ Han - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) is a well-known phenomenon in body-centered-cubic
(BCC) metals, intermetallics and semiconductor materials. A quantitative prediction of the …

Hyperfine structure of regolith unveiled by Chang'E-5 lunar regolith penetrating radar

Y Su, R Wang, X Deng, Z Zhang, J Zhou… - … on geoscience and …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents the results of the Lunar Regolith Penetrating Radar (LRPR), installed at
the bottom of the Chang'E-5 (CE-5) lander, which is the first antenna-array radar deployed …

Taking a look beneath the surface: Multicopter UAV-based ground-penetrating imaging radars

A Grathwohl, M Stelzig, J Kanz, P Fenske… - IEEE Microwave …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of multicopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has seen massive technological
advances and decreasing costs over the last decade. Due to the higher prevalence and …