{"id":107013,"date":"2021-05-15T17:33:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T12:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=107013"},"modified":"2021-05-25T15:03:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T09:33:17","slug":"tianwen-1-mission-china-lands-zhurong-rover-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tianwen-1-mission-china-lands-zhurong-rover-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Tianwen-1 Mission&#8221; &#8211; China lands Zhurong Rover on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China successfully lands Zhurong Rover from the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars. Specifically, it has landed on the Utopia Planitia, a large plain in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>The Zhurong rover has been named after an ancient Chinese god of fire. It will explore the Mars surface near the landing site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly, with the successful landing,<\/strong> China became the third nation to achieve a successful soft landing on Mars after the Soviet Union and the United States.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly, with the successful deployment of the rover on Mars, <\/strong>China becomes the only second country after the US to send a rover to the surface of Mars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly, <\/strong>China has also become the 1st country to carry out an orbiting, landing, and roving operation during its first mission to Mars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>About Tianwen-1 Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tianwen-1 <\/strong>is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration(CNSA).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim: <\/strong>It aims to send a robotic spacecraft to Mars consisting of an orbiter, deployable camera, lander, and the Zhurong rover.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched Year<\/strong>: The mission was successfully launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in July 2020 on a Long March 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objectives of the mission: <\/strong>The scientific objectives of the mission are to study the:\n<ul>\n<li>Geology of Mars<\/li>\n<li>Current and past presence of water<\/li>\n<li>Internal structure of the planet<\/li>\n<li>Identification of minerals and rock types on the surface as well as<\/li>\n<li>Characterisation of the space environment and atmosphere of Mars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/china-lands-on-mars-in-latest-advance-for-its-space-program-7315681\/\"><strong>Indian Express<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"a3Ib6PInqk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zhurong-chinas-first-mars-rover\/\">&#8220;Zhurong&#8221; &#8211; China&#8217;s first Mars rover<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Zhurong&#8221; &#8211; China&#8217;s first Mars rover&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zhurong-chinas-first-mars-rover\/embed\/#?secret=rrXvtUoMLm#?secret=a3Ib6PInqk\" data-secret=\"a3Ib6PInqk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0 China successfully lands Zhurong Rover from the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars. Specifically, it has landed on the Utopia Planitia, a large plain in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars. Note: The Zhurong rover has been named after an ancient Chinese god of fire. 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