SPACE- The Chinese Space Agency has just released new photographs of the surface of the moon taken during the mission Chang'e 3 in 2013.
Determined to accelerate the pace of space exploration, the China National Space Administration (CNSA), which aims to put a man on the moon before 2025, has released new images of the high definition color moon. Since a man has set foot in 1969, the star in orbit around our planet has not changed much.
A bit like in the 70s, when the Americans and Russians were racing to the moon, China wants to show to the world that it is now one of the major space powers. The pictures were taken by the vehicle lunar exploration Yutu ("Jade Rabbit" in Mandarin), deployed between December 2013 and January 2014 as part of the mission Chang'e 3.
A hundred shots to discover
Several hundred copies are available on the official website of the China National Space Administration, said the Planetary Society website, which posted the images. The photographed area is a basaltic lava plain called Sinus Iridum, located on visible side of the Moon. One of the images was taken by the panoramic camera on the rover and the other through the cameras of the lander.









