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Zhurong (Chinese: 祝融; pinyin: Zhùróng) is a Chinese rover on Mars, the country's first to land on another planet after it previously landed two rovers on the Moon. The rover is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The spacecraft was launched on 23 July 2020 and inserted into ...
Feb 21, 2023 · Tianwen-1 saw China join the U.S., Soviet Union/Russia, the European Space Agency, India and the United Arab Emirates in successfully putting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars. The Zhurong rover ...
May 15, 2021 · An artist's concept of China's first Mars rover mission, Tianwen-1, at the Red Planet. ... China is also planning to launch an ambitious Mars sample-return mission in 2028, much like a joint NASA ...
- When Did Tianwen-1 Reach Mars?
- When Did The Zhurong Rover Land on Mars?
- What Capabilities Does Zhurong have?
Tianwen-1 enteredMars' orbit on February 10, 2021. As China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1 is uniquely ambitious. No nation had ever attempted to send an orbiter and rover to Mars on the first try. But China succeeded, making Tianwen-1 a historic victory. Tianwen-1 arrived in Mars orbit as a single spacecraft. Once on Mars, the landing platform ex...
Zhurong successfully landed on the Red Planet on May 14. The rover touched down on Utopia Planitia—the vast Martian plain where NASA’s Viking 2 spacecraft landed in the 1970s, and the site of a shipbuilding yard in the Star Trekuniverse. Mars landings are uniquely challenging. They require heat shielding, thrusters, and supersonic parachutes—a teet...
Zhurong can communicate directly with Earth or use its Tianwen-1 orbiter for high-speed data relay. The orbiter has its own set of science instruments for studying Mars, including a high-resolution camera that should produce stunning images. Zhurong has cameras, instruments for studying Mars’ climate and geology, and even an instrument to zap rocks...
May 18, 2021 · Published: May 18, 2021 4:10pm EDT. China’s Zhurong rover landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the third country to successfully land a rover on the red planet. More impressively ...
China lands its Zhurong rover on Mars. China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a ...
May 15, 2021 · By Jonathan Amos. China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the ...
