This is a citation of an outside article. Gravyday is not responsible for its content. Original URL below. CHINA’S MOON LANDER WAKES UP FROM ITS LONG, ULTRA-COLD NIGHT WE ALREADY KNOW it’s chilly on the moon. A lunar night lasts 14 Earth days, and its temperatures can dip into a cold so punishing it makes the polar vortex look like a hot tub. But yesterday, China’s space agency announced that the frigidity of the lunar night is even more intense than we’d thought: The country’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft recorded an icy low of –310 degrees Fahrenheit (–190 degrees Celsius).(more)
