The Martian adventure of the Chinese robot Zhurong. For the first time since it reached the surface of the red planet, the rover he detached himself from the landing platform, made some images, which he sent, and has already taken a walk, alone, through the Martian soil. After the United States, which currently has robots in activity, the Curiosity it’s the Perseverance, China becomes the second country to launch to the neighboring planet one of these small, autonomous vehicles, whose mission is to collect images that are then sent to earth, such as soil samples that are brought back once finished. the work.
Another of the rover is to analyze the gases that are released by the rocks, looking for possible signs of life.
For the Chinese robot, there is no time to waste. Unlike American cousins, the Zhurong does not come equipped with a plutonium battery and, therefore, cannot have a life of more than three months.
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