China News Service, Beijing, January 1st (Ma Shuisha Yang Lu) China National Space Administration released a set of exquisite images from remote Mars from China's first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, to report to the people of the whole country. "Tianwen No. 1" "Ping An, I extend holiday greetings."
As of December 31, 2021, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for 526 days, and the "Zhurong" rover has traveled more than 1,400 meters on the surface of Mars.
This set of images includes a photo of the orbiter and Mars, a close-up of the orbiter, the North Pole ice cap of Mars, and the "Zhurong" rover shooting fire landforms, etc., showing the operating status of the orbiter, the "Zhurong" rover, and the surface of Mars obtained form.
The orbiter takes a photo with Mars.
Image source: China National Space Administration.
In the image of the orbiter and Mars, the orbiter is flying over the north pole of Mars. The body of the orbiter is golden, the directional antenna for high-speed data communication with the ground is silver, and the solar wing and radar antenna are in good condition.
The white area on Mars is the "ice" sheet covering the North Pole. Unlike the ice at the two poles of the Earth, the "ice" of Mars is composed of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) and water ice.
The dark area under Mars is the Olympia Shabo of Mars, the bright circular crater in the upper left corner is named Korolev Pit, and the remaining red and dark areas are bare ground.
Partial close-up of the wrapper.
Image source: China National Space Administration.
In the partial close-up image of the orbiter, the solar wing on one side of the orbiter is fully deployed and the attitude is stable.
An unfolded subsurface detection radar antenna is parallel to the solar wing, and the magnetometer extension rod extends to the upper left of the surround.
The Arctic ice cap on Mars.
Image source: China National Space Administration.
The image of the Martian North Pole Ice Cap shows the Martian North Pole Ice Cap, and the bedding is clearly visible.
After years of deposition and ablation, it presents a circular spiral landform composed of a white ice layer centered on the pole and bare ground.
The "Zhurong" Mars rover photographed the fire surface.
Image source: China National Space Administration.
The “Zhurong” Mars rover captured the fire-surface landform image by stitching and mosaicing three images acquired by the “Zhurong” Mars rover recently using a navigation terrain camera. In the picture, you can see typical Martian landforms such as ring pits and rocks.
As of December 31, 2021, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for 526 days, and is currently about 350 million kilometers away from the Earth. The communication delay is about 19.5 minutes. 1400 meters.
At present, the Tianwen No. 1 mission is carrying out detection and related tests as planned, and a total of about 560GB of raw scientific data has been returned. The two devices are in good condition and operating normally.
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