China moon rover to investigate cube-shaped 'mystery house' object The Yutu-2 rover is on a roll. It's been exploring the far side of the moon since early 2019, as part of China's Chang'e-4 lunar lander mission. It now has its eyes set on a strange-looking cube-shaped object it spotted in the distance. Andrew Jones, a journalist who covers the Chinese space program for SpaceNews and Space.com, highlighted a new rover update in a series of tweets Friday. The nickname for the cube-shaped object translates to "mystery house." The rover team is planning to drive over and get a closer look at the object. ------------------------ China has a rover on Mars as well.
China’s New Moon Landing Schedule Escalates Race With U.S. (Bloomberg) -- The space rivalry between the U.S. and China is suddenly heating up after a top Chinese scientist said his nation may be able to send astronauts to the moon for the first time by 2030. Coming just weeks after President Joe Biden’s top space official set out a similar timetable for new American lunar exploration, the comments set up the possibility of dueling missions between the tw Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/china/china-s-new-moon-landing-schedule-escalates-race-with-u-s Copyright © BloombergQuint
The Chinese would be at least 61 years too late, as the US has been on the Moon 1969, and plus at least 5 more times since then...