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China's Zhurong rover to Undertake Historic tour on Mars


Sun 23 May 2021 | 04:08 PM

On Sunday, China National Space Administration (CNSA) revealed that China's advanced Zhurong rover began its historic and first-ever tour on Mars planet Monday if everything goes according to plan.

According to international reports, China's remote-controlled rover, which landed on the red planet a week ago, has driven down from its landing platform to the surface of the planet.

In the same context, the China-built robot team was in mission control at CNSA in Haidian District, Beijing, early Sunday morning to receive and analyze the first data from the Zhurong rover attempt.

It's worth mentioning that China became the second country after the US to operate a rover there.

In a step toward understanding how the planets were formed and how life originated on Earth.

CNSA launched this high-risk operation in October 2020.

Moreover, the built robot was sent to explore outer space and also to study Mars, Also in this regard. The Chines will look for signs of life, including any subsurface water or ice.

In a statement by the Chinese space agency, the deputy chief commander of the mission, Zhang Yuhua, explained the rover was designed to operate for 92 Earth days (or 90 Mars days, known as "sols", which are slightly longer than Earth days) and would share its data via the orbiter.