Research Team led by Prof. Yung Kai-leung of the Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations which received the Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at the Geneva Inventions Expo lately. The team is the only university in Hong Kong taking part in the Nation’s space missions and actively developing instruments for the national space mission by leveraging its expertise in precision engineering.
The awarded project entitled “Camera Pointing System for China’s Lunar Exploration Missions (Chang'e 3 and 4)”. Installed on top of the lunar lander, it facilitates panoramic image capturing and rover movement observation on the moon, and helps construct a precision 3D model of the landscape for safe rovering. With a complex design and a weight of only 2.8 kg, it is sturdy enough to protect the camera against shock and vibration during the space mission and ensure its proper functioning under the extreme lunar environment.
The invention was completed and successfully deployed on the Moon front surface with the Chang’e 3 and Moon far side with the Chang’e 4 missions of China’s Lunar Exploration Programme.
Please click the link to watch the video for this award-winning project: https://bit.ly/3Kbuslu
| Research Units | Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations |
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