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Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. BEIJING -- China is poised to collect Martian samples and return them to Earth around 2031, with its foremost scientific goal being the search for life signatures on the red planet, according to the Deep …

Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration shows a selfie of China's first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. Liu Jizhong, a leading scientist in China's deep-space exploration programs and chief planner of the Martian soil-return project, said on Thursday in Tunxi, Anhui province, that the nation plans to collect Martian samples and then …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought, based on observations of Martian sand dunes by China’s rover. Before Zhurong fell silent, it observed salt-rich dunes with cracks and crusts, which researchers said likely were mixed with melting morning frost or snow as recently as a few hundred thousand years ago. Small …

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As the search for life on Mars intensifies with Perseverance, Curiosity, and China's Zhurong rover looking for signs of ancient bacterial life, a new study indicates they will have to work harder and dig deeper. Finding amino acids on mars can be considered a potential sign of ancient Martian life because amino acids can be created by life, and are …

China's Zhurong rover captures images of its parachute, protective shells

Until Saturday, 17 July at 11 pm CST, the rover has driven 509 metres on the Martian surface. The Zhurong Rover recently sent back multiple images of its parachute and protective shell that helped in its landing on Mars. As reported by Space.com, Zhurong’s parachute and protective shell fell a short distance away from the Utopia Planitia and have now …

6月27日，国家航天局发布我国天问一号火星探测任务着陆和巡视探测系列实拍影像。 The clips recorded the Tianwen 1's landing rover deploying its parachute and descending to the Martian surface, and its Mars rover Zhurong driving away from its landing platform and moving over the surface of Mars. 视频片段记录了天问一号着陆巡视器开伞和下降过程、祝融号火星车驶离着陆平台及火星表面移动过程。【知识点】 2020年4月24日，国家航天局公布：中国行星探测任务（planetary exploration missions）被命名为“天问（Tianwen）系列”，首次火星探测任务（first Mars exploration mission）被命名为“天问一号”，后续行星任务依次编号。“天问”来自中国伟大诗人屈原的长诗《天问》。“天问”这个名字表达了中华民族对于真理追求的坚韧与执着（the Chinese nation's perseverance in pursuing truth），体现了对自然和宇宙空间探索的文化传承（culture of exploring nature and the universe）。 The ambient sound during …

CNSA's Zhurong rover, lander click selfie with dusty Martian surface in the background

Beijing unveils images of Mars clicked by Zhurong rover, marks 'complete success' for maiden Chinese rover

As China prepares to launch its first astronaut crew to its under-construction space station, the Chinese National Space Agency on Friday released the first batch of images clicked by its Zhurong Mars rover after a touchdown on the Red Planet. The panoramic image is a 360-degree circular picture taken by the navigation terrain camera on the mast of the rover …

Of the two bright spots visible in the photograph, the smaller spot is the Zhurong rover. The China National Space Administration has released a photograph of the Martian surface clicked by the orbiter of the Tianwen-1 probe. According to a report in CGTN, the picture shows the Zhurong rover and its landing platform on the Martian surface. CNSA said that …

China’s Zhurong rover sends its first image and video of the Martian surface

The Tianwen-1 probe sent a video showing the lander and the rover separating from the orbiter during landing. China’s rover Zhurong has captured and sent us its first image of Mars and they have been released by the China National Space Administration. The rover landed on Mars on Sunday, 16 May and the image shows the red Martian surface and …

Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week. In this black and white photo taken by China's Zhurong Mars rover and made available by the China National Space Administration on Wednesday, extension arms and …

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China's Mars rover Zhurong sends back 'selfies' from Red Planet

Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week. The Zhurong rover was carried into the Martian atmosphere in a lander on Saturday, in the first ever successful probe landing by any country on its …

Tianwen-1: How China's Mars lander Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet