China has released the first photographs captured by his rover, Zhurong, on Planet Mars.
The front view shows the landscape in front of the robot while on the landing platform; The back photo reveals Zhurong’s solar panels.
The Chinese rover landed on the Red Planet – as Mars is known – on Sunday morning, Beijing time.
With this landing, China became the second country – after the United States – to successfully land its vehicle on the surface of Mars and operate it for a significant period of time for research purposes.
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