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Credit & Copyright: China National Space Administration
Explanation:
There's a new rover on Mars.
In mid-May,
China's
Tianwen-1 mission delivered
the
Zhurong rover onto the
red planet.
As Mars means Planet of Fire in Chinese, the
Zhurong rover's name means, roughly, God of Fire in
Chinese mythology.
Zhurong landed in northern
Utopia Planitia,
the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, and
an area reported to have
much underground ice.
Among many other
scientific instruments, Zhurong carries
ground-penetrating radar that can detect ice buried even 100-meters deep.
Car-sized Zhurong is pictured here next to its landing base.
The image was snapped by a remote camera deployed by the rolling rover.
Zhurong's planned 90-day mission includes studying the
geology, soil, and atmosphere of Mars in
Utopia Planitia.
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mars
Publications with words: Mars
See also:
- APOD: 2024 December 3 Á Ice Clouds over a Red Planet
- APOD: 2024 November 10 Á Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- APOD: 2024 September 9 Á Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos
- APOD: 2024 June 5 Á Shadow of a Martian Robot
- Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
- The Shadow of Ingenuity s Damaged Rotor Blade
- APOD: 2023 November 7 Á A Martian Dust Devil Spins By