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Zhurong

Mars Rover

Zhurong is the Mars rover of the China National Space Administration, part of the Tianwen-1 mission that made China the second nation to successfully land and operate a rover on Mars. The rover touched down in Utopia Planitia on May 14, 2021, and studied the Martian surface, subsurface structure and atmosphere using cameras, ground penetrating radar and other instruments. Zhurong went into a planned hibernation for the Martian winter in 2022, but mission controllers were unable to reestablish contact with it afterward, and it is presumed unable to recover, possibly due to dust accumulation on its solar panels.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Mars rover 1
Launch Date
2020-07-23 2
Status
Hibernation since May 18, 2022; contact lost 1
Status
Status (category)
Lost 1
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Mission Of

Source Wikipedia - Zhurong (rover)

Operated By

Zhurong is the China National Space Administration's Mars rover, part of the Tianwen-1 mission, which landed in 2021.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia - Zhurong (rover)Wikipedia: Zhurong (rover), lead section
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Sources
1. Wikipedia - Zhurong (rover)
  • Infobox, type
    Mars rover
  • Wikipedia body, mission status
    entered a planned hibernation on 18 May 2022
  • In Group: Chinese Mars Rovers, Lead section
    is a Chinese rover on Mars, the country's first to land on another planet
  • Operated By: China National Space Administration, Wikipedia: Zhurong (rover), lead section
  • Mission Of: Tianwen-1, Lead sentence
    The rover is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
  • Part Of: Tianwen-1, Lead sentence
    The rover is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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2. Wikidata: Zhurong
Wikidata Q106614244, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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