China announced the loss of the moonwalker "Yuytu", and he suddenly woke up

Many managed to prematurely say goodbye to the lunar rover , which has been on the surface of the moon since December 14, 2013.

On January 25, a failure occurred, due to which “Yuytu” could not be put into sleep mode before the onset of darkness. Officials later explained that the crash occurred "due to high radiation, relatively weak gravity and extreme temperature differences." The night on the moon lasts about 14 Earth days, so that the robot simply could not hold out all this time in normal mode, with the solar batteries deployed, the battery turned on without heating at a temperature of -180 ° C.

Unfortunately, immediately after the appearance of the Sun, the device did not respond to the call sign. There was confidence that he did not survive the moonlit night. The landing module of Chang'e-3 successfully woke up on February 10.
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If so, Yuytu will forever remain here at 44.12 ° N 19.51 ° W. At least those are his last coordinates.



This is truly the tragic end of the Lunokhod, which, according to the results of a popular vote, was named after the Lunar Hare , a mythological personage present in the folklore of many countries.

More than 300 thousand Chinese have subscribed to the "Yuytu" weibo-account and followed the news. They all read his last tweet: “Goodbye, Earth. Goodbye, humanity. "

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UPD 13.02. Today, after all, a signal has been recorded, which can belong to the Lunokhod. A new entry has been posted in his weibo account: “My„ red flag “is still out of hand. The issue is still not resolved. Masters are pleased to announce that they are still working. ”