BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua): China s Mars rover Zhurong has travelled more than 509 metres on the surface of the red planet as of 11pm on Saturday (July 17), according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of the China National Space Administration.
The rover will soon arrive at the second sand dune on its journey on the red planet.
It will carry out a detailed survey of the dune and surrounding environment, said the administration.
As of Saturday, Zhurong has been operating on the surface of Mars for 63 Martian days. A Martian day is approximately 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
China lands its rover on Mars
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Tianwen-1, launched on July 23, 2020, aimed at orbiting, landing, and roving all in one mission on the red planet
China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars after surviving nine minutes of terror , the official media announced on Saturday, becoming the second country in history to have a rover on the red planet. The rover, Zhurong, named after a god of fire and war in Chinese mythology, landed at the pre-selected area in Utopia Planitia on Mars, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The six-wheel solar-powered Zhurong rover weighs about 240 kilogrammes and carries six scientific instruments. It will be later deployed from the lander for a three-month mission in search of life on Mars’ surface.
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China s Chang e-4 lunar rover scripted history on Jan 3,2019 when it made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon and sent back close-up images of the previously unexplored region.
Chinese spacecraft returns from moon with lunar samples
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Chang e-5 - named after a mythical Chinese moon goddess - landed back on Earth this morning
An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon returned safely to Earth early this morning, completing another chapter in China s effort to become a space superpower.
The probe comprised separate craft to get to the moon, land on it and collect the samples, get back up and then return the rocks and soil to Earth.
Chang e-5 - named after a mythical Chinese moon goddess - landed on the moon on 1 December.