China seems to be the second country to successfully deploy a robot explorer. Zhurong, of Planet Mars.
Robot Zhurong has slid from his landing platform to the surface of the planet and started his exploration mission on Mars.
The solar-powered rover robot on Saturday (22/5) at 10:40 Beijing time, began its journey from the path of the lander capsule to the surface of Mars.
Zhurong first landed on Mars earlier this month and began his journey on the Martian surface on the Utopia Planitia, the smooth plain where the NASA Viking 2 lander landed in 1976.
The distance is more than 1,200 miles from Jezero Crater where the US robot rover Perseverance landed.
The Zhurong robot will study the planet’s surface rocks and atmospheres. It will also look for signs of life, including water or ice below the surface.
(DRM)
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