We have new insight into a wonderful Martian phenomenon, thanks to a collaboration between two orbiting space probes. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) and the United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe have joined forces to study the.
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While the Emirates Mars Mission is studying the relationship between the upper layer and lower regions of the Martian atmosphere, Nasa's Maven mission is investigating the upper atmosphere and ionosphere of the Red Planet.
China just became the second country to drive a rover on the surface of Mars
China’s Zhurong rover left its landing platform and drove on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state media reported making the country only the second after the US to land and operate a rover on the red planet.
The six-wheel solar-powered rover, which weighs about 240 kilograms (529 pounds), touched down on Mars on May 15. Its mission is intended to last three months, the Chinese government said, during which time it will search for signs or evidence of ancient life on Mars’ surface.
Zhurong is named after a god of fire in Chinese mythology and landed in the red planet’s Utopia Planitia region.