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China’s Mars rover takes first drive on surface of the red planet – Al Jazeera English
Zhurong, China’s first Mars rover, has left its landing capsule and is now exploring the red planet’s surface.
A remote-controlled Chinese motorised rover drove down the ramp of its landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of Mars, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to the Red Planet.
Zhurong, named after a mythical Chinese god of fire, drove down to the surface of Mars at 10:40am Beijing time (02:40 GMT), according to the rovers official Chinese social media account.
China this month joined the United States as the only nations to deploy…
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