China’s Zhurong rover has sent back its first images since landing on Mars Saturday, becoming the third nation to accomplish the technically challenging feat. The rover’s camera took photos of ...

Drilling two meters deep for sampling will be a world first,” said Hou Zengqian, China’s chief scientist on the Tianwen-3 ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

The Zhurong rover, named after a god of fire in Chinese mythology, landed on the Utopia Planitia region of Mars on May 15. This is China’s first Mars mission ...

Data from China's Zhurong Mars rover reveals evidence of water activity on tiny dunes as recently as 400,000 years ago. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space. Search.

Zhurong, part of the Tianwen-1 mission, successfully landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, in the Utopia Planitia region. This area was selected because of its flat terrain, ...

Tianwen 1 and Zhurong had been in standby mode for about a month, since mid-September. With the Earth and Mars orbiting at opposite sides of the sun and all three bodies almost perfectly aligned ...

The Zhurong rover is named after a god of fire in Chinese mythology, CNN said. The rover first drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface on May 22, ...

The Zhurong rover touched down on Mars’ surface in May, and China has now released some audio of its arrival on the surface of the red planet, rolling down the ramp of its lander vehicle.

Zhurong is named after a god of fire in Chinese mythology and landed in the red planet’s Utopia Planitia region. On May 19, China released the first images taken by its Mars rover Zhurong.

China became the second country in the world to successfully land a rover on Mars after its Zhurong craft touched down on the red planet. Named after the Chinese god of fire, Zhurong was aboard ...

Zhurong, part of the Tianwen-1 mission, successfully landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, in the Utopia Planitia region.This area was selected because of its flat terrain, which increased the chances ...