CAS researchers have scored major progress in their work on moon roving vehicles. Their research “Pre-study on key technology of lunar rovers” passed the acceptance check under the auspices of the CAS Bureau for High-tech Research and Development on March 8, 2007 in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province.
Started in March 2005, the project is an interdisciplinary study headed by Prof. WANG Yuechao, director of the SIA. It was participated by nearly 100 researchers from such CAS institutions as the National Astronomical Observatories at CAS, the Center for Space Science and Applied Research, University of Science and Technology of China and the Institute of Micro-electronics.