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China publishes a snapshot of the Zhurong rover from Mars orbit

A snapshot of the Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars was released today by the National Space Agency of China (CNSA), Xinhua reported.

 

The image was taken on June 2 by the Tianwen-1 probe in orbit. In its upper right corner, two spots are visible, the upper one of which, according to CNSA, is the landing platform, and the lower one is the rover.

Also below in the photo, presumably, the rear cover of the descent capsule and the parachute dropped during the landing are visible, in the lower left corner is the heat shield of the descent capsule.

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