Chang'e 4 on the Moon
On January 3, 2019 the Chinese spacecraft Chang'e 4 landed safely on the floor of Von Karman crater (186 kilometer diameter, 116 miles). In this image from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the lander is only about two pixels across (bright spot between the two arrows at lower center in image), and the small rover is not detectable. The massive mountain range in the background is the west wall of Von Karman crater, rising more than 3000 meters (9850 feet) above the floor. The sharp crater behind and to the left of the landing site is 3900 meters across (12,800 feet) and 600 meters (1970 feet) deep.
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