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The robot Zhurong, the space mission of China a Mars, descended from its landing platform and touched the soil of the Red Planet, informed the country’s National Space Administration. The descent was at 10:40 am on Saturday (22) in Beijing time; 11:40 pm Friday in Brasilia time.
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The robot is expected to do a 90-day exploration for evidence of life on the planet, according to the Associated Press news agency.
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The photo, an artistic rendering, shows the robot Zhurong (on the right) descending from the landing pad (on the left) and touching the ground on Mars. – Photo: CNSA via AP
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The ship carrying the Chinese robot, the probe Tianwen 1, landed on Mars last week. Named after the Chinese god of fire, the Zhurong, which is powered by sunlight, tested for several days before beginning its exploration.
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Photo shows Zhurong robot descending from the landing platform (with the white rails) and touching the ground of Mars for the first time this Saturday (22), in an image released by the Chinese National Space Administration. – Photo: CNSA / Handout via Reuters
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China has ambitious space plans – which include launching a manned orbital station and a human landing on take. In 2019, the country became the first to land a space probe on the far side of the terrestrial satellite. In December, it brought moon rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s.
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The United States also has an ongoing mission on Mars, with the robot Perseverance e a tiny helicopter exploring the planet. NASA, the American space agency, expects the robot to collect its first sample in July, to return to the Terra in 2031.
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The third country with an ongoing mission on Mars are the United Arab Emirates. The Amal probe (“Esperança” in Portuguese, also known as “Hope”) was the first sent by the country to the planet. The launch took place in July 2020, days before the shipment of Tianwen 1 and Perseverance.
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