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MarsSolar-powered Zhurong rover is expected to be deployed for 90 days to search for evidence of life
Associated Press in Beijing
Sat 22 May 2021 04.33 EDT
Chinas first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the planet, Chinas space administration has said.
The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40am on Saturday Beijing time (0240 GMT), the China National Space Administration said.
China landed the spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars…
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