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BEIJING, Aug. 17, 2021 (Xinhua) – China’s Mars exploration rover Zhu Rong has completed scheduled exploration and observation missions, China’s National Space Administration said on Tuesday.
As of Aug. 15, 2021, Zhou Rong had worked on the surface of Mars for 90 days, or about 92 days on Earth, with all science payloads starting detection missions, the National Space Authority of China said.
The rover traveled 889 meters as of August 15, and its scientific payload has collected around 10 gigabytes of raw data. Now the vehicle is running stably and in good condition with sufficient power.
The authority added that the rover will continue to move to the border area between the ancient sea and the ancient land in the southern part of the “Utopia Planetia” plain and perform additional tasks.
According to the authority, Chu Rong worked a seven-day cycle during exploration and surveillance operations. The vehicle’s terrain navigation camera obtained topographic data along the route, to support vehicle route planning and selection of surveillance targets.
Churong’s underground detection radar obtained the data on the structure of layers under the Martian surface, which provides analysis of the structure of the shallow Martian surface and explores potential groundwater and potential ice.
The surface magnetic field detector obtained data on the magnetic field of Mars and worked with the orbiter’s magnetometer to explore the evolution of the magnetic field of Mars.
China’s National Space Administration said data collected by seven science payloads aboard the rover has been processed and verified, adding that the data will be released monthly.
The Chinese mission “Tianun-1”, composed of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, was launched on July 23, 2020.
The lander, carrying the rover with a life expectancy of at least 90 days on Mars or about three months on Earth, descended on May 15 in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in the northern hemisphere of March.
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