China s first Mars rover Zhurong will try to land on Red Planet in one piece today theregister.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theregister.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An important step in our country’s interstellar exploration journey – state media
Katyanna Quach Fri 14 May 2021 // 22:37 UTC Share
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Updated China s Zhurong rover today touched down on Mars from the Tianwen-1 orbiter, the nation s state media says.
We re told the machine will take carry out self-tests, and try to move itself to explore the Red Planet s surface. On May 15, our country’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, landed in a pre-selected landing zone in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars, leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time. It marks an important step in our country’s interstellar exploration journey, Xinhua reported at 0837 in Beijing (1737 PT, 0037 UTC).
It s Zhurong! China names Mars rover after god of fire archive.shine.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.shine.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Beijing, April 25
China has named its first Mars rover 'Zhurong' after the traditional fire God, the media reported China National Space Administration (CNSA) as saying on Saturday China's Space day.