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China's Mars rover travels over 400 meters

Редактор: Тимофій Борзенко

The China National Space Administration released new images taken by the country's first Mars rover Zhurong. Photo provided to Xinhua.

China's Mars rover Zhurong has traveled more than 400 meters on the surface of the red planet, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration, according to The Xinhua News Agency reports.

The orbiter of Tianwen-1 mission has worked normally in orbit for 357 days. The distance between Earth and Mars is 370.7 million km.

The rover has traveled 410.025 meters and worked normally, the center said.

China's Tianwen-1 mission, consisting of an orbiter, a lander, and a rover, was launched on July 23, 2020. The lander carrying the rover touched down in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars, on May 15.

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