Chinese Rover Analyzes Moon Rocks: First New 'Ground Truth' in 40 Years
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 12:31
in Astronomy & Space
The Moon was never a fully homogenized body like Earth, analysis of Moon rocks made by the Chinese rover, Yutu, suggests. The basalts the rover examined are a new type, chemically different from those retrieved by the Apollo and Luna missions 40 years ago.