Its dark features are known to modern scientists as "mare" or "seas" -- vast plains of solidified magma. But some also trace the outline of the intrepid Chinese explorer. It was in the region outlining Wan Hu's abdomen that the first astronauts actually set down onto the lunar surface 42 years ago -- in the region known as the Sea of Tranquility.
As the moon drifts through our sky from night to night and month to month, the line between light and dark -- the "terminator" -- migrates across the lunar surface as the angle of sunlight on it changes. But Wan Hu will remain a constant reminder that people even centuries ago dreamed of traveling to the moon, the planets and the stars. And there's one thing you can be sure of: Once you find Wan Hu on the moon, our cosmic neighbor will never appear quite the same again.
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A crater on the dark side of the moon is named after a Chinese official and poet, Wan Hu, who sought to reach the stars back in BC. He is regarded as the first man to reach outer space, long before China officially launched a human into Outer Space in Artistic depiction of Wan Hu launching himself into space. It is said the roots of this endeavour began as early as years BC when ancient cultures were trying to understand the qualities of celestial objects.
In China, in an area dominated now by the Gobi desert, Wan Hu put into practice a mission to get closer to the stars. So does this mean his mission to step into outer space was successful? An obsession with the stars and space is not a modern concept.
It has been observed and studied since ancient times in various ancient empires. A few centuries later it is reported that Wan Hu looked to get closer than any person had to the sky.
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