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 …

Layered subsurface in Utopia Basin of Mars revealed by Zhurong rover radar

C Li, Y Zheng, X Wang, J Zhang, Y Wang, L Chen… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Exploring the subsurface structure and stratification of Mars advances our understanding of
Martian geology, hydrological evolution and palaeoclimatic changes, and has been a main …

A solar wind-derived water reservoir on the Moon hosted by impact glass beads

H He, J Ji, Y Zhang, S Hu, Y Lin, H Hui, J Hao, R Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The past two decades of lunar exploration have seen the detection of substantial quantities
of water on the Moon's surface. It has been proposed that a hydrated layer exists at depth in …

High abundance of solar wind-derived water in lunar soils from the middle latitude

Y Xu, HC Tian, C Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Remote sensing data revealed that the presence of water (OH/H2O) on the Moon is latitude-
dependent and probably time-of-day variation, suggesting a solar wind (SW)-originated …

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 …

Volcanism and deep structures of the Moon

J Zhao, L Qiao, F Zhang, Y Yuan, Q Huang… - Space: Science & …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Volcanism is the most important endogenic geological process of the Moon, which is closely
related to its internal structure and thermal history. Lunar volcanism is one of the most …

Buried palaeo-polygonal terrain detected underneath Utopia Planitia on Mars by the Zhurong radar

L Zhang, C Li, J Zhang, B Zhou, YYS Zhao, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As the largest basin on Mars, Utopia Planitia has both experienced and recorded variations
of the Martian palaeoclimate. Layered subsurface structures have been identified by ground …

Evidence for a stratified upper mantle preserved within the South Pole‐Aitken basin

DP Moriarty Iii, RN Watkins, SN Valencia… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution and compositional structure of the lunar mantle has been extensively modeled
but insufficiently constrained by observations. Here, we identify and characterize mantle …

Properties of Lunar Regolith on the Moon's Farside Unveiled by Chang'E‐4 Lunar Penetrating Radar

Z Dong, G Fang, B Zhou, D Zhao… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The complex thermal history of the Moon leads to an unequal distribution of volcanic
products between the lunar nearside and the farside. So far, no lunar materials have been …

Assessing the effects of induced field rotation on water ice detection of Tianwen-1 full-polarimetric Mars rover penetrating radar

Z Dong, X Feng, H Zhou, C Liu, Q Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
China's first Mars probe Tianwen-1 has successfully landed on the southern Utopia Planitia
of Mars on May 15, 2021. The Zhurong rover is first equipped with a full-polarimetric Mars …