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Jan 17, 2022
The "Mystery Hut" was an "irregularly shaped rock"
The Yutu-2 rover has traveled over 1000 meters, since its landing in the Von Karman Crater, located in the Aitken Basin, in the South Pole region on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019.
Yutu-2 has traveled over 1000 meters the far side of the Moon
According to mission specialists, the Chang’e-4 lander and the Yutu-2 rover are in good working condition, with the rover traveling northwest to a basalt region. Chang’e-4’s landing site was named Statio Tianhe.
The routing path of the Yutu-2 rover.
In December 2021, the rover pictured what appeared to be a particularly prominent boulder, dubbed the "Mystery Hut" (神秘小屋), or "Moon Cube", which it was intended to explore in the lunar days (earth months) ahead. On 7 January 2022, news reported that the rover reached the destination area after traveling for a month, and found that the "Mystery Hut" was an "irregularly shaped rock"; to some, the rock looks a bit like a rabbit, along with a nearby much smaller rock that looks like a carrot, which may be even more fitting overall since the rover's name Yutu means "Jade Rabbit".
Related article:
Chang’e-5 sample has high-titanium content and rare Earth elements
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2021/12/change-5-sample-has-high-titanium.html
Related link:
China National Space Administration (CNSA): http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/index.html
Images, Video, Text. Credits: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV)/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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