China breaks silence over status of stationary Martian rover
BEIJING – China’s fully robotic rover on Mars, in longer-than-expected hibernation since May 2022, likely met with excessive accumulation of sand and dust, its mission designer said, breaking months of silence about the status of the vehicle.
An unforeseen pile-up of dust most likely affected power generation and Zhurong’s ability to wake up, Chinese state television reported on Tuesday, quoting Mr Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China’s Mars exploration programme. The 240kg Zhurong, which has six scientific instruments, including a high-resolution topography camera, was tasked with studying the planet’s surface soil and atmospherePowered by solar energy, Zhurong also looked for signs of ancient life, including any subsurface water and ice, using a ground-penetrating radar.
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