The Paper Journalist Zhang Jing

On April 24, the opening ceremony of the home event of China Space Day was held in Nanjing, and China's first Mars rover was named "Zhu Rong".

The "Zhurong" rover has a height of 1.85 meters and a weight of about 240 kg. The design life is 3 Martian months, which is equivalent to approximately 92 Earth days. The "Zhurong" rover will carry out exploration work on Mars, such as surface composition, material type distribution, geological structure, and Martian meteorological environment.

my country's first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, was successfully launched on July 23, 2020. Tianwen 1 entered the orbit on February 24. During the two months of operation in the orbit, the orbiter scientific payload equipment was turned on to detect and obtain scientific data.

At present, through multiple high-resolution imaging, high-definition image data acquisition of the pre-selected landing area has been completed, and subsequent work on the topography and geomorphology of the landing area and meteorological environment analysis will be carried out as planned to prepare for landing on Mars.

Source: The Paper, translated by Google Translate