China releases new pictures of its rover on Mars
Photo: CNSA via AP
Kathmandu, June 11. China has released pictures of its rovers that was landed on the red planet.
China National Space Administration released pictures which showed the Zhurong rover. The Zhurong rover placed a remote camera about 10 meters (33 feet) from the landing platform, then withdrew to take a group portrait. The orbiter and lander both display small Chinese flags. The lander also has outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
China is the second country after United States to have landed and operated a spacecraft on Mars.
At 1.85 meters (6 feet) in height, Zhurong is significantly smaller than the U.S.’s Perseverance rover which is exploring the planet with a tiny helicopter.
China landed its probe last month
The Tianwen-1 probe touched down at its pre-selected landing area in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain on the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Tianwen-1, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China’s island province of Hainan on July 23, 2020.
China landed the Tianwen-1 spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars last month after it spent about three months orbiting the red planet.
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