China soft lands a probe on Mars.
May 14, 2021 at 11:36 pm
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2021 at 11:39 pm by Anomalocaris.)
The Chinese Mars probe Tianwen-1 successfully detached a lander bearing the rover named Zhurong to soft land on Utopia Planitia, inside Mars’ northern lowlands. This makes China the third country to successfully soft land a probe on Mars, the second to land a rover on Mars, but the first to successfully do either on its very first try.
As yet, the rover is still sitting on the lander. Whether the rover will successful drive itself off the lander onto Martian surface and start roving is yet to be seen.
As yet, the rover is still sitting on the lander. Whether the rover will successful drive itself off the lander onto Martian surface and start roving is yet to be seen.
