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The Zhurong rover’s front-facing wide-angle obstacle avoidance camera shows the ramps needed to reach the surface deployed as planned from the Chinese lander after touchdown 14 May. The two rods visible near the top of the image are part of a ground penetrating radar instrument. Image: CNSA China’s Zhurong Mars rover, still perched atop a rocket-powered lander following touchdown 14 May, has beamed back the first pictures from its Utopia Planitia landing site. A black-and-white photo from a...

China releases first images from its Zhurong rover on Mars Zhurong landed on Utopia Planitia on May 14th Share this story China’s Zhurong rover has beamed back its first images from the surface of Mars after landing on a vast plain called Utopia Planitia. The rover plunged through the Martian atmosphere last Friday, bundled together with a lander after separating from China’s Tianwen-1 probe. The new images released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) show the two robots meti...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. China’s Zhurong rover sits atop the Tianwen 1 mission’s landing platform on Mars. Credit: CNSA China’s space agency released the first pictures from the Zhurong Mars rover Wednesday, showing the six-wheel robot ready to drive down a ramp from its landing pla...

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These are the 1st Mars images taken by Chinese rover Zhurong The first images captured by Chinas Mars probe Tianwen-1 during and after the countrys first landing on the Red Planet were released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Wednesday. Social Sharing Thomson Reuters · Chinas Mars probe beams 1st images from the surface of the Red Planet World6 hours ago comments The first images captured by Chinas Mars probe Tianwen-1 during and after the countrys first landing on the ...

Zhurong. A black-and-white image taken by the rovers obstacle avoidance camera shows a deployed ramp and the flat Martian surface where Zhurong landed on Saturday. The colour image taken by a navigation camera of the rear of the solar-powered rover showed that its solar panel and antenna have unfolded normally, the China National Space Administration said on Wednesday. READ MORE: The front view shows the flat landscape of Utopia Planitia on Mars. (China National Space Administration)(Supplied...

May 19, 2021 at 1:51 pm China’s first Mars rover is taking in the view of its new home. The Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet on May 14, and its first images reached Earth on May 19. Zhurong, named for an ancient Chinese god of fire, has been orbiting the Red Planet since February 10, when China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft entered Martian orbit. The rover landed in a vast plain called Utopia Planitia — also where NASA’s Viking 2 lander touched down in 1976, although Viking 2’s s...

Two Bombs and One Satellite: China eyes space race from Moon to Mars and beyond Sibu Tripathi Xi Jinping With a recovering economy, a strongman attitude, and a plan to dominate, China is eyeing a new frontier — space. The country that recently became the centre of global condemnation over the handling of the deadly coronavirus, on Friday joined an elite club of nations to land a rover on another planet. Chinas first Mars exploration mission, the Tianwen-1 probe, touched down ...

15 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�...

Chinas Zhurong rover has landed on Mars: Next challenge survival in inhospitable Martian environment While the rover is now successfully on another planet, all eyes are now on the next phase of the mission. advertisement The Zhurong rover is 1.85 meters tall and weighs about 240 kilograms. (Photo: CNSA) China on Friday created history by becoming only the third nation to land a rover on the surface of another planet. The Zhurong rover that landed in Utopia Planitia is all set to roll out on the...