The Chinese probe Tianwen-1 sent Earth a New Year’s gift: new images of Mars taken with a small camera that freely photographed the Red Planet.
New images taken by a small camera released by the spacecraft’s orbiter give an unprecedented view of a spacecraft orbiting another planet.
A Tianwen-1 appears over the north pole of Mars with its antennas and solar panels. Photos also give us an idea of northern ice cap Red planet.
According to Living ScienceThe four photos were published by the National Space Administration of China (CNSA) and received a lot of attention from the media and engineers from other space agencies.
In addition to being amazing and giving us more details about Mars, the images also have practical uses. disclosure of the state of Tianwen-1 after over a year in deep space.
“The orbiter is currently in very good condition. We can see it in Mars orbit, as well as the wings of the solar panel, a directional antenna and some antenna installations, “Sun Zezhou said in detail. designer systems.
The Tianwen-1 spacecraft has been orbiting the Red Planet since February 2021. landing rover Jurong about the martians superfixIn May, China became the second country after the United States to successfully accomplish this feat.
V rover To date, he has spent more than 220 days on the planet and covered more than 1.4 kilometers. For specialists a car “much exceededLife expectancy is estimated to be around three months.
The great success of this mission inspired China to prepare for new space adventures. Tianwen-2, designed to research and sample near-Earth asteroids, “is ready to move on to the next phase of prototype development,” said Zhang Rongqiao, in charge of the first interplanetary mission.
The Tianwen-3 mission, which is also under development, was designed to collect samples from Mars.
