I-China izokwethula imoto yenyanga yaseChang'e-4 ekupheleni konyaka, okulindeleke ukuthi ifike okokuqala ngqa ethambile ohlangothini lwenyanga. Ngemuva kokufika, isiteshi seplanetary sizosungula ukuxhumana noMhlaba. Ngokusho kwe-Xinhua News Agency ngoLwesine, iChang'e-4 izotshala imbewu yamazambane nezinye izitshalo ezilethwe lapho enyangeni engenampilo.
Ngokwesitatimende se-Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), "ukuluhlaza" kwesathelayithi engokwemvelo yoMhlaba kuzokwenzeka njengengxenye yesilingo se- "Lunar Mini-Biosphere", lapho imbewu yamazambane, i-rezukhovidki (Latin Arabidopsis, isitshalo esiqhakazayo somndeni iklabishi), kanye namaqanda ezikelemu kasilika. Ngokusho kwabaphenyi, kulindeleke ukuthi "amakhamera we-CCTV afakwe ngokukhethekile azoqopha inqubo yokuhluma kwembewu bese edlulisela lokho okuqoshwe elabhorethri eMhlabeni."
Ngo-2016, i-China National Space Administration yamemezela umncintiswano wokwakha uhlelo lwephrojekthi yokuqala yezinto eziphilayo zenyanga. ILunar Mini-Biosphere yakhethwa phakathi kwabafakizicelo abangama-200 ababambe iqhaza kulo mncintiswano. Abamele amanyuvesi angama-28 e-PRC, eholwa ososayensi abavela eChongqing University (idolobha elisenkabeni yeChongqing, eSouthwest China), babamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwayo.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe, ukuthunywa kwezinto zokusebenza zenyanga "Chang'e-4" kuzoba ngomunye wemiklamo yesikhala salo nyaka kulo nyaka. Kulindeleke ukuthi isiteshi esiphakathi kwamaplanethi sizosungula ukuxhumana noMhlaba ngesiphindayo endaweni iL2 Lagrange. Le mishini izophinde inikeze ososayensi ipulatifomu yokuqhubeka nokuhlola uhlangothi olukude lwesathelayithi yemvelo yoMhlaba. IChang'e-4 izofaka isiteshi senyanga esizenzekelayo ne-lunar rover, esizosetshenziselwa ukucwaninga ngokuma komhlaba.
Phambilini kwabikwa ukuthi lezi zinsimbi zeChang'e-4 kufanele zingeniswe emkhathini kusetshenziswa imoto yokwethula iChangzheng-5, eyethulwa ngoJulayi nyakenye nesathalayithi iShijian-18. Ezitatimendeni ezisemthethweni bekukhona imininingwane yokuthi izizathu zokwethulwa okungaphumelelanga bezitholakele, futhi kumenyezelwe ukuthi kunezinhlelo zokuyethula kabusha kulo nyaka.
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