November 2, 2024

China’s Yutu 2 rover spots cube-shaped ‘mystery hut’ on far side of the moon

(Image credit: CNSA/Our Space)Chinas Yutu 2 rover has actually spotted a secret item on the horizon while working its way throughout Von Kármán crater on the far side of the moon.Yutu 2 spotted a cube-shaped things on the horizon to the north and roughly 260 feet (80 meters) away in November throughout the objectives 36th lunar day, according to a Yutu 2 journal published by Our Space, a Chinese language science outreach channel associated with the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Our Space referred to the item as a “secret hut” (神秘小屋/ shenmi xiaowu), but this a placeholder name rather than a precise description.This zoomed-in image shows a closer look at a cube shape found by Chinas Yutu 2 rover on the far side of the moon. The Change 1 and 2 objectives were orbiters, with Change 3 landing on the near side of the moon with the very first Yutu rover.