From Inside Outer Space:听The state-run China Daily reports January 1st that the country鈥檚 Chang鈥檈 4 robotic probe is expected to land on the South Pole鈥揂itken basin on the Moon鈥檚 farside sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, citing information from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a major contractor of the country鈥檚 lunar exploration programs.
The Chang鈥檈-4 mission totes six kinds of scientific payloads.
On the lander, it carries the Landing Camera (LCAM), the Terrain Camera (TCAM), and the Low Frequency Spectrometer (LFS). There are three kinds of payloads on the rover, the Panoramic Camera (PCAM), the Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR), and the Visible and Near-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (VNIS).听