China s Mars mission successfully lands Zhurong rover on the Red Planet
China has become only the second country to land on Mars after the US. The Zhurong rover was released by the Tianwen-1 orbiter which started circling Mars in February.
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China has landed its first ever rover on Mars (Image: Tianwen-1)
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Perseverance, Hope and a fire god: a history of Mars rovers
The six-wheeled, solar-powered Zhurong named after the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology is on a mission to collect rocks, data and scan the surface
The solar-powered rover named Zhuo Rong will now survey the landing site before leaving the platform for inspection.
The state news agency Xinhua reported that on Saturday, an unopened Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars, making China the second spaceflight country after the United States landed on the “red planet.”
Xinhua News Agency said that the “Tianjin 1” spacecraft landed on a vast plain called “Utopia Planet”. “This is the first time that China has left a footprint on Mars.”
The spacecraft left its parked orbit at 17:00 GMT on Friday GMT (1AM Beijing time on Saturday).
The official China Space News stated that the landing module separated from the orbiter three hours later and entered the Martian atmosphere.
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UFC 261 medical suspensions: Chris Weidman faces six-month layoff after broken leg
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Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is one of six fighters facing lengthy medical suspensions after UFC 261.
Weidman suffered a broken leg after Uriah Hall checked his leg kick in the opening seconds of the pay-per-view bout this past month, and he now faces a six-month medical suspension, per the Florida State Boxing Commission, which regulated the event at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
The FSBC released the suspension lengths but did not provide details on the nature of the suspensions, citing medical privacy, but MMA Fighting obtained some details on several of them. Generally, full suspension terms apply only if an injury is not cleared by a relevant doctor, though Weidman’s timetable for return remains unknown in the wake of the serious injury.