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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]
With the assistance of China's Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fresh evidence that Mars was home to an ocean billions of years ago - a far cry from the dry and desolate world it is today.
The Tianwen-1 was inserted into Mars orbit in February 2021 after a seven-month journey, followed by a successful soft landing of the lander and Zhurong rover on May 14, 2021. [5] The Zhurong rover was deployed onto the Martian surface from its landing platform and began its exploratory mission on May 22. On June 1, CNSA released multiple high ...
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.
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
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Tianwen-1 was a Chinese mission launched on 23 July 2020 which included an orbiter, a lander, and a 240-kilogram (530 lb) rover along with a package of deployable and remote cameras. [120] Tianwen-1 entered orbit on 10 February 2021 and the Zhurong rover successfully landed on 14 May 2021 and deployed on 22 May 2021. [6]