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Zhurong (Chinese: 祝融; pinyin: Zhùróng) is a Chinese rover on Mars, the country's first to land on another planet after it previously landed two rovers on the Moon.The rover is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Tianwen-1 Chinese: 天问一号 (also referred to as TW-1; simplified Chinese: 天 问; traditional Chinese: 天 問; lit. 'Heavenly Questions') is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of 6 spacecraft: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, lander, remote camera, and the Zhurong rover. [22]
Zhurong (Chinese: 祝融), also known as Chongli (Chinese: 重黎) [citation needed], is an important personage in Chinese mythology and Chinese folk religion. According to the Huainanzi and the philosophical texts of Mozi and his followers, Zhurong is a god of fire and of the south.
Landed on 14 May 2021 Deployed by the Zhurong rover on 1 June 2021. [38] Tianwen-1 Deployable Camera 2 [39] Orbiter Successful Entered orbit on 10 February 2021, deployed 31 December 2021 47 Mars 2020: Perseverance: 30 July 2020 [40] NASA United States: Rover Operational Landed on 18 February 2021 [41] Atlas V 541 Ingenuity: Helicopter Successful
Tianwen-3 (Chinese: 天问三号) is a planned Mars sample-return mission by China which would send two spacecraft (an orbiter/Earth-returner and a lander/ascent-vehicle) via two separate launches to Mars.
A rover (or sometimes planetary rover) is a planetary surface exploration device designed to move over the rough surface of a planet or other planetary mass celestial bodies. Some rovers have been designed as land vehicles to transport members of a human spaceflight crew; others have been partially or fully autonomous robots .
The Zhurong rover, part of the Tianwen-1 mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) [5] [6] was active until 20 May 2022 when it went into hibernation due to approaching sandstorms and Martian winter; the rover was expected to awaken from hibernation in December 2022, but as of April 2023 it has not moved and is presumed to be ...
Mars rover and helicopter. Successful soft landing in Jezero Crater. Helicopter deployed from rover on 3 April 2021. Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover: China: 14 May 2021 Successful soft landing in Utopia Planitia. Zhurong rover deployed on 22 May 2021.