BEIJING (Sputnik) – China on Friday released the first batch of images of Mars taken by the Tianwen-1 spacecraft’s Zhurong rover, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.
The images were unveiled at a special ceremony in Beijing. They included a panoramic view of the landing site, images of the landscape, and the horizon of Mars.
The panoramic 360 shot of the landing site was taken by a navigational terrain camera attached to the rover’s mast. The images show that the surface near the landing site is relatively flat.
On 11 June, the Zhurong rover marked its 28th Sol or Martian day (one such day equals 24 hours 39 minutes). The service life of the rover is 90 sols.
The Tianwen-1, which consists of an orbiter, a lander, and a rover, was launched on 23 July 2020, and successfully entered Mars’ parking orbit in February. On 15 May, it made a safe landing in the southern part of the Utopia Plain on the surface of Mars. The mission is aimed at studying the atmosphere, surface, geological characteristics, and features of the Red Planet’s magnetic field.
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