Ngenkathi umkhankaso we-Chang'e 3 waseShayina uphumelela ngo-2013, kwaba irokhethi yokuqala eyake yahlala kancane enyangeni cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amane. Muva nje, i-NASA yenze indawo eyodwa kuphela, ngo-1972. I-United States isebenza kanzima ukuze ibuyele enyangeni, kodwa imbangi yaseChina iphindaphinda imizamo yayo.
Uhulumeni waseChina umemezele emahoreni ambalwa edlule ukuthi uhlela ukusheshisa uhlelo lwakhe lokuhlola indawo. Ngakho-ke ihlose ukusheshisa uhambo phakathi kuka-2017 no-2018. Ekupheleni kuka-2020, i-China ifuna ukuthumela uphenyo olukhethekile enyangeni, okuzoba nomsebenzi wokuqoqa informace mayelana nendawo ezungezile. I-Chang'e 5 mission yaseChina kufanele iqale ukusebenza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, ngokusobala uhulumeni ufuna ukutadisha imvelo enyangeni futhi athole amasampula ukuze ahlaziywe okwengeziwe.
Kodwa-ke, i-mission ebizwa ngokuthi i-Chang'e 4 iyathakazelisa nakakhulu, njengoba izogxila ohlangothini olukude lweNyanga. Uhlelo luwukuthumela i-lander ne-rover endaweni yenyanga, lapho ukuhlolwa okuhlukahlukene okuhlobene nokuthi inyanga yaba khona kanjani nokuthi indala kangakanani izokwenziwa. Lowo mkhankaso uzokwenzeka esikhathini esithile ku-2018, okuyilapho i-Inde izothumela khona i-Lunar Lander yayo yesibili.
Umthombo: I-BGR
