China The first vehicle on Mars has jumped over its landing pad and is now gliding over the surface of the Red Planet, China The space department said Saturday.
The solar-powered rover hit the ground of Mars at 10:40 a.m. on Saturday Beijing time (0240 GMT). China Said the National Space Administration.
In a photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Rongqiao, right, chief designer of the China Mars Exploration Mission, talks to Wu Weiren, second from left, principal designer of China’s Lunar Exploration Project, at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing. The Chinese Space Administration said Saturday, Saturday, May 22, 2021, that the first Chinese spacecraft on Mars has landed from its landing pad and is now exploring the surface of the red planet. (Jin Luang / Xinhua via The Associated Press)
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China The spacecraft carrying the probe landed on Mars last Saturday, a feat that was technically more difficult than landing on the lunar surface, the country’s first. It is the second country to do so after the United States.
It is named China The God of Fire, Zhurong, the explorer ran several days of diagnostic tests before starting his exploration on Saturday. The book is expected to be published within 90 days of looking for evidence of life.
That we He also has an ongoing mission to Mars, with a determined rover and small helicopters to explore the planet. NASA expects explorers to collect its first samples in July to bring them back to Earth in early 2031.
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In an image taken by China’s Mars rover Zhurong and provided by China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, solar panels and rover antennae are deployed while the rover is sitting on the Mars lander. China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technical feat more difficult than a lunar landing, in the latest step forward to achieve its ambitious goals in space. (CNSA via AP)
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China It has an ambitious space plan that includes a manned orbit station launch and a human landing on the moon. China In 2019, it became the first country to land a spacecraft on the far-flung far side of the moon, and in December it brought lunar rocks back to Earth for the first time since the 1970s.
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