The "Zhurong" rover has traveled more than 1.9 kilometers in total, and the "Yutu No. 2" lunar rover has traveled over 1.1 kilometers.
According to the National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration and Aerospace Engineering Center on May 1, my country's "Zhurong" Mars rover traveled 1,921 meters in total, worked on the surface of Mars for 342 Martian days, and was 240 million kilometers away from home.
The "Yutu No. 2" lunar rover, which is 380,000 kilometers away from home, traveled 1,181 meters in total, and worked on the lunar surface for 42 months and days.
The "Zhurong" rover will set foot on the surface of Mars in May 2021 for inspection and exploration.
At present, Mars is about to enter winter. One year on Mars is equivalent to two years on Earth, and each season lasts about 6 months.
After the winter, the night temperature of Mars will drop below minus 100 degrees Celsius, and the probability of sand and dust weather will increase significantly.
At the beginning of the design, the design team made targeted designs for the "Zhurong" Mars rover in terms of low temperature resistance, sand and dust resistance, and power security to ensure its safety during the inspection and exploration process on Mars.
According to CCTV news, the Tianwen-1 orbiter, which is conducting global remote sensing exploration of Mars, is also carrying out exploration missions as planned, focusing on typical landforms and geological units such as craters, volcanoes, canyons, and dry riverbeds to obtain high resolution. image.
The Paper reporter Zhang Jing