The Chinese lunar rover Yuto has resumed contact but not all of its instruments are yet operational

However, there is still a lot of work left for the engineers and scientific teams to find out what caused the malfunction and whether it is possible to fully or even partially restore the function of the six-wheeled vehicle.

The lunar "rabbit" - the Chinese robotic lunar vehicle Yuto, contacted its operators at the control center in Beijing and thus informed them that it survived the long lunar night and is ready to begin the third day of scientific research despite serious malfunctions it experienced when it entered its final sleep period two weeks ago .

"Yuto has come back to life," Pei Zhaoyu, a spokesman for China's lunar lander program, said on the website of China's official news agency, Xinhua.

"The experts are still busy analyzing the events that caused the malfunction in the mechanical control system." added

The Chang'e 3 mothership, the lander from which the robot took off and which landed on the moon on December 14, 2013 in the Sea of ​​Rain, is the first ever Chinese spacecraft to make a soft landing on a celestial body.

The report on the extension of the robot's life came after an erroneous report was published on Monday by the Chinese news service about the disconnection resulting from delays in establishing the connection and the fear expressed by the personnel of the Chinese Space Agency (see The Chinese lunar rover Shebak Haim).

"The robot has returned to a state of normal communication," said Faye.

However, there is still a lot of work left for the engineers and scientific teams to find out what caused the malfunction and whether it is possible to fully or even partially restore the function of the six-wheeled vehicle.