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Technological breakthroughs and scientific progress of the Chang’e-4 mission

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Chang’e-4 is the first man-made probe that accomplished landing and roving on the far side of the Moon, which is viewed as a new milestone in the history of Lunar exploration. Beginning with a brief introduction to the progress of domestic and foreign Lunar exploration, this paper reviews the implementation process of the Chang’e-4 project, sorts out the technical breakthroughs achieved, summarizes the exploration achievements, and provides references for subsequent Lunar exploration.

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  1. Lunar Exploration and Space Engineer Center, Beijing, 100190, China

    Weiren Wu, Jizhong Liu, Yuhua Tang & Zhe Zhang

  2. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Beijing, 100048, China

    Dengyun Yu

  3. National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Chi Wang

  4. Institute of Spacecraft System Engineer, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    He Zhang

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Wu, W., Yu, D., Wang, C. et al. Technological breakthroughs and scientific progress of the Chang’e-4 mission. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63, 200201 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-020-3047-4

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