Those used in the United States Apollo missions were built about half a century ago.
Moon, NASA, Celestial body. Photo: Unsplash
China Continuously committed to innovation and published for this reason The first high-definition geographic atlas of the Moon. This material provides basic mapping data for future satellite research and exploration.
The publication is available in Chinese and English and has a scale of 1:2.5 million. include a Geographical Atlas of the Lunar Globe and Quadrangle Maps of the Geographical Atlas of the MoonAccording to the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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The first high-definition geographic atlas of the Moon
“This atlas is of great importance for studying the evolution of the Moon, choosing the best location for a future lunar research station and exploiting its resources. “It could help us better understand other planets in the solar system, like Earth and Mars.”Ouyang Ziyuan, a scientist and academic, was quoted by the official Xinhua agency as saying.
Edgar Mitchell, on the Apollo 14 mission: Twitter @NASA.
Meanwhile, Liu Jianzhong, an expert at the Institute of Geochemistry, emphasized Geological maps of the Moon published in the era of the Apollo missions were not updated for half a century It is used continuously for research in this field.
“With advances in lunar geography, those ancient maps already exist Does not meet the needs of future research and exploration,” Liu added.
In recent years, Beijing invested heavily in its space program It also achieved milestones such as successfully landing the aforementioned lunar missions and building its own space station.
