HELSINKI — China’s Yutu-2 rover, part of the first ever mission to land on the far side of the moon, may have made its final tracks, NASA lunar orbiter images reveal. China launched the Chang’e-4 lander and rover mission to the far side of the moon in late 2018, with the lander and Yutu-2 rover touching down in Von Kármán crater Jan. 3, 2019. The latest Chinese media report on the progress of Yutu-2, in September 2024, stated that the six-wheeled, solar powered rover had driven a total of 1,613…
