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China’s first Mars rover has rolled onto the planet’s surface

China’s first Mars rover has rolled onto the planet’s surface

A series of black and white still images show Zhurong making its first ride.

Richard Lawler
R. Lawler
May 22nd, 2021
China's first Mars rover has rolled onto the planet's surface | DeviceDaily.com
A screen broadcasts a CCTV state media news bulletin, showing an image of Mars taken by Chinese Mars rover Zhurong as part of the Tianwen-1 mission, in Beijing, China, May 19, 2021. Thomas Peter / reuters

A week after the China National Space Administration reported its Tianwen-1 mission had achieved a safe landing on Mars, the Zhurong rover has rolled off of its platform and onto the planet’s surface. As you can see in the animated GIF below, a series of still images from the rover’s camera shows its short drive down to Utopia Planitia, the area where it landed.

Only the US has other working robots on the Martian surface, while a Soviet Union craft landed in the 70s, it stopped transmitting shortly after arrival. Now Zhurong will use its high-res terrain camera and other instruments to study the soil and atmosphere, as well as look water or ice below the surface while relying on solar power.

 

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