China successfully launches first Mars mission

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The China national space administration (CNSA) released new pictures with images of the Zhurong rover's inspection area on #Mars taken by the orbiter and the rover of the country's Tianwen-1 Mars mission. #ChinaTech

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Tianwen1 Zhurong Mars Rover selfies BEFORE (5/19/2021) and AFTER (1/22/2022). The panels started to collect dusts, but still good enough for power demands. When there’s too much dusts, a built-in vibration mechanism will help clean the rover. Source: https://share.api.weibo.cn/share/291969487,4750463449172298.html?weibo_id=4750463449172298

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Recent Mars images by Tianwen1 Mars orbiter. Source: https://share.api.weibo.cn/share/306989446,4770639476687473.html

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Phobos, the larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, was observed by the Tianwen-1 orbiter with its high resolution camera. The image was released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to mark two years since the Tianwen-1 was launched. Tianwen-1 (天问一号) is China’s first Mars exploration mission with an orbiter, a lander and a rover named Zhurong (祝融).

Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)China Central Television (CCTV)