China · CNSAfirstrobotic
May 15, 2021
Tianwen-1 / Zhurong — first Chinese soft landing on Mars
China becomes only the second nation to successfully operate a rover on the Martian surface, deploying the solar-powered Zhurong rover in Utopia Planitia.
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