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Andrew Jones

China's Yutu 2 rover reveals deep layers below far side of the moon

snaking rover tracks in the gray dirt of the moon.

A team of scientists have put together an image of the layers beneath the surface of the far side of the moon using data from China's Yutu 2 rover.

The Chang'e 4 lander and rover touched down on the moon's far side on Jan. 2, 2019, making the pair the first spacecraft to ever soft-land on the side of the moon that never faces Earth.

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