China declares Chang'e-4 mission complete success

Staff members pose for photos after a complete success of the Chang'e-4 mission at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, Jan. 11, 2019. China announced Friday that the Chang'e-4 mission, which realized the first-ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon, was a complete success. With the assistance of the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) and the lander of the Chang'e-4 probe took photos of each other. The scientific instruments aboard the probe worked well, and the images taken by the probe and detection data have been sent back to ground control, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA). (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)