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Zhurong ís sending first pictures from the Martian surface, and geologists are now plotting a course to landforms the rover may visit.

China releases rovers first photo after mars landing Moneycontrol 2 hours ago © Faizan Javed China releases rovers first photo after mars landing Four days after landing a spacecraft on Mars, China’s space agency released its first photographs from the red planet on Wednesday, announcing that the mission was going as planned. The four-day wait for the images — one in color, one in black and white, as well as a pair of small video clips — had prompted speculation that something might ...

autoevolution 20 May 2021, 7:34 UTC · by It’s getting crowded on Mars with all the human-made pieces of technology sent there this year. On May 15, China became the second country on this planet to land a rover on the surface of Mars as part of the Tianwen mission, just a few months after Perseverance did the same. It was a historical moment, by all accounts, and now comes proof that it indeed came to pass. 3 photos On Wednesday, May 19, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) r...

After a successful landing, China's new rover is set to explore the Red Planet.

Ng Han Guan/AP Like the many Mars rovers before it, Zhurong will probe this alien planet’s environment, and search for signs of water ice on the surface. The mission is expected to survey four aspects of its local environmnet: topography and geological structure chemical composition, minerals and rock types physical characteristics of the atmosphere and the rocky surface. Zhurong will thus help build a more complete geological picture of the red planet’s history. And, in a gen...

China Releases Rover’s First Photos After Mars Landing The country’s space agency said that the components of the spacecraft had “deployed in place normally.” An image captured by the Chinese rover Zhurong from the surface on Mars sent on Wednesday.Credit...China National Space Administration, via Reuters May 19, 2021Updated 1:15 p.m. ET Four days after landing a spacecraft on Mars, China’s space agency released its first photographs from the red planet on Wednesday, an...

news Chinese Mars rover returns first pictures China has released the first pictures taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars. The forward view shows the landscape ahead of the robot as it sits on its landing platform; the rear-looking image reveals Zhurongs solar panels. The rover touched down on the Red Planet early on Sunday, Beijing time. © CNSA The front view shows the flat landscape of Utopia Planitia In doing so, it made China only the second nation - after America - to successfully put a p...

China National Space Administration The first images from China’s Zhurong Mars rover show a successful landing on the surface of the Red Planet. Photos released today show the landing platform and departure ramp for the rover, as well as solar panels and antenna. The rover is now carrying out final preparations before leaving the landing platform and beginning its mission. Zhurong is China’s first Mars rover and had been orbiting the planet aboard the Tianwen-1 spacecraft since February, be...

The China National Space Administration has released the first photos of the Martian surface taken by its Zhurong rover. The front view of the rover, captured in black and white, shows the flat landscape of Utopia Planitia, which appears slightly curved in the horizon. The second shot, showing the rear of the spacecraft, is in colour and shows its unfolded solar panels and antennas.   Zhurong successfully touched down on Utopia Planitia, a vast northern lava plain on the Red Planet, last Sat...

12 May 2021 Chinas Yutu-2 rover will wake up on the far side of the moon this May. (Image credit: CLEP/CNSA) Chinas plucky Yutu 2 rover is about to wake up and continue to explore the far side of the moon as the nation works to land a rover on Mars this May.  The rover, which launched with the Chang’e 4 mission, landed on the far side of the moon in January 2019 and recently completed its 29th lunar day of activities, the China Lunar Exploration Project (CLEP) said on April 23. The mission�...