在新华社海外社交账号发布的相关新闻下，美国太空探索技术公司创始人埃隆·马斯克第一时间留言“Congratulations!”（祝贺！），对嫦娥四号成功落月表示祝贺！
美国科技媒体网站The Verge也同样在首页刊登了这一消息：
The lander will soon deploy its rover, which will learn more about the composition and the structure of the rocks in this area. The lander, meanwhile, will focus on the sky, collecting data for astronomers here on Earth, who are eager to take advantage of the spacecraft's unique position on the distant side of the Moon.