British media concerned about the successful landing of the Chinese Mars rover: China's first unmanned spacecraft landing on Mars
On May 15th, the British "Guardian" reported on the successful landing of the "Tianwen-1" Mars rover under the title "China's first unmanned spacecraft landing on Mars," and said that this landing made China a The first country to achieve Mars circumnavigation, landing, and patrol exploration during the first Mars exploration mission.
The Guardian reported that China became the second space country to land on the red planet after the United States.
The article stated that the lander carrying the "Zhurong" Mars rover used parachute navigation and entered the Martian atmosphere within the well-known "black seven minutes", completing a thrilling landing and landing on a vast lava called the "Utopia Plain". On the plain.
The launch of China's "Tianwen-1" in July last year marked an important milestone in China's space program.
The probe entered Mars orbit in February this year.
The website of the British "Nature" magazine published a report entitled "China's first Mars rover has landed, what will happen next" on the 15th.
According to the article, this is China's first mission to explore Mars, and it also makes China the third country to land a spacecraft on Mars after Russia and the United States.
The article quoted Roberto Orosse, a planetary scientist at the Institute of Radio Astronomy in Bologna, Italy, saying that this mission "is a huge leap for China."
The article also said that in the next three months, the "Zhu Rong" rover will complete the measurement of Mars, because it carries a detection radar that can penetrate the surface, which will reveal the formation process of the landing area.
Orosei said that with luck, a thin horizon marked with permafrost may also be detected, which will provide an explanation for recent climate changes on Mars and reveal the fate of ancient water that once flooded the surface.
In addition, the orbiter itself carries 7 payloads, which can study the boundary between the Martian atmosphere and the solar wind, so as to better understand how the Martian magnetic field operates today.
At the end of the article, "The success of this Mars landing may start China's journey to achieve more advanced missions, including plans to achieve Mars sampling and return by 2030."
(Main station reporter Kang Yubin)