In the photo of Yutu No.2, the Moon Palace ＂Yutu＂ accompanied you for the New Year.

CCTV News:This year is the Year of the Rabbit, and the fate of "Rabbit" and China in exploring space is really not shallow. Speaking of China’s lunar exploration, in the Chang ‘e project, the Yutu lunar rover brought us too many surprises.

On the occasion of the Lunar Year of the Rabbit, China’s lunar exploration space rabbit released its official Chinese and English names, namely "Rabbit Star" in Chinese and "To star" in English. "Rabbit Star" means "Jade Rabbit patrols the moon and sails the Milky Way". The lunar rover No.3 and No.4 in China is named "Jade Rabbit", and the name of "Rabbit Star" expresses its space characteristics and initial mission.

　　　　　　 The English name "To star" means that our journey is a sea of stars. The design of "Rabbit Star" itself embodies the integration of traditional culture and space science and technology, entrusts the Chinese nation’s dream of exploring the moon for thousands of years, and expresses the lofty vision of China’s space flight to the deep space of the universe in the new era.

On the occasion of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Rabbit, the Yutu-2 lunar rover in China’s lunar exploration project sent back the latest photographic works from the moon 380,000 kilometers away and sent a New Year greeting.

CCTV reporter Li Ning:During the Chinese New Year, there will still be many people sticking to their jobs, including the Yutu-2 lunar rover, which is conducting (scientific) exploration on the back of the moon 380,000 kilometers away. I am now in the operation control and scientific operation center of the ground application system of the National Astronomical Observatory, and this image from the moon seen in the picture is the latest return of Yutu II lunar rover. Above, we can see that the topography of the moon is bumpy. This is the rut mark that Yutu-2 has traveled. It climbed a hill in this area, and then it began to enter a relatively gentle road, and you can see very clear rut marks.

CCTV reporter Li Ning:The rut mark is next to an impact crater. How does it avoid it in this process? How to design a route for it?

Li Chunlai, deputy chief designer of the third phase of the lunar exploration project:The walking route of Yutu-2 is to get the position in front with its own navigation camera, and we have to restore and analyze a terrain before we can decide where it goes. It has a climbing ability of 20 to 30 degrees, but we find that the soil on the moon is loose, so we won’t walk in this extreme condition, and we also hope that its loss will be smaller and safer.

At present, Yutu-2 is located in the north-west direction of the landing site, with a linear distance of about 800 meters. The state of the lunar rover and the scientific load on it is all normal. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit, researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory will work overtime with Yutu II to continue the lunar exploration.

Li Chunlai, deputy chief designer of the third phase of the lunar exploration project:We will also spend the New Year with Yutu II, and wish Yutu II great success in the new year.

Ouyang Ziyuan, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, First Chief Scientist of Lunar Exploration Project;I wish you all good luck in the Year of the Rabbit and all the best. The Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace will make greater achievements and make contributions to our lunar explorers.

Ground application system team of lunar exploration project:Jade Rabbit will accompany you in the Year of the Rabbit, and I wish you all the best.