beecee Posted May 16, 2021 Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) https://phys.org/news/2021-05-nihao-mars-china-zhurong-rover.html China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, members at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center celebrate after China's Tianwen-1 probe successfully landed on Mars, at the center in Beijing, Saturday, May 15, 2021. China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest advance for its ambitious goals in space. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space. Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling down a ramp to explore an area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia. It will join an American rover that arrived at the red planet in February. China's first Mars landing follows its launch last month of the main section of what will be a permanent space station and a mission that brought back rocks from the moon late last year. more at link..................... Edited May 16, 2021 by beecee
beecee Posted May 16, 2021 Author Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) As the title in the thread says, Incredible news...at least that is the way I see it. First attempt and success! The other point seems to be that China is progressing at a reasonable rate, without comprimising safety and success. Also the landing process and mechanisim seems less complicated then Curiosity...no sky crane. From the link....."A 200 square meter (2,150 square foot) parachute was deployed and later jettisoned, and then a retro-rocket was fired to slow the speed of the craft to almost zero, Xinhua said. The craft hovered about 100 meters (330 feet) above the surface to identify obstacles before touching down on four buffer legs". Bring rocks back from the Moon, the beginnings of a space station, and now landing a craft on Mars.... they are doing pretty well I suggest. Edited May 16, 2021 by beecee 1
JayTony Posted May 17, 2021 Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/16/2021 at 6:44 PM, beecee said: As the title in the thread says, Incredible news...at least that is the way I see it. First attempt and success! The other point seems to be that China is progressing at a reasonable rate, without comprimising safety and success. Also the landing process and mechanisim seems less complicated then Curiosity...no sky crane. From the link....."A 200 square meter (2,150 square foot) parachute was deployed and later jettisoned, and then a retro-rocket was fired to slow the speed of the craft to almost zero, Xinhua said. The craft hovered about 100 meters (330 feet) above the surface to identify obstacles before touching down on four buffer legs". Bring rocks back from the Moon, the beginnings of a space station, and now landing a craft on Mars.... they are doing pretty well I suggest. Circa 1978, while touring an American tool and die shop, we got to see a set of 'die shoes' that were apparently bought(imported) from a Chinese organization. They were sub-standard and honestly looked like something from the Flintstones. They have certainly come along way. 'Good On' hard work; this should inspire any hard worker. 1
beecee Posted May 19, 2021 Author Posted May 19, 2021 And the success continues....... https://phys.org/news/2021-05-chinese-mars-rover-photos.html Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos: Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon—China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week. The Zhurong rover was carried into the Martian atmosphere in a lander on Saturday, in the first ever successful probe landing by any country on its first Mars mission. Zhurong, named after a mythical Chinese fire god, arrived a few months behind the United States' latest probe to Mars—Perseverance—and has been celebrated in China as a milestone in its ascent to space superpower status. The China National Space Administration on Wednesday published the images taken by cameras attached to the rover, which showed the obstacle-avoidance equipment and solar panels on the vehicle, as well as the texture of the Martian surface. "People of the internet, the Mars images you've been longing for are here," the space agency said in a social media post containing the images. The rover's landing was a nail-biter for Chinese space engineers, with state media describing the process of using a parachute to slow descent and buffer legs as "the most challenging part of the mission". more at link.....
beecee Posted May 23, 2021 Author Posted May 23, 2021 Latest News: https://phys.org/news/2021-05-china-mars-rover-roaming-red.html In this artist's rendering made available by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Saturday, May 22, 2021, China's Zhurong rover is depicted on the surface of Mars. China's first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China's space administration said Saturday. Credit: CNSA via AP
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