Science
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…
-
General20 hours agoCoalition abandons ‘end’ to work from home, walks back 41,000 job cuts
-
Noosa News10 hours agoBanana farmers still salvaging fruit four weeks after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
-
Business14 hours agoBattle of the ASX ETFs: Why has VGS outperformed VTS this year?
-
Business10 hours ago1 ASX dividend stock down 43% I’d buy right now