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Hongyi
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Zhurong
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Huoxing
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Tianwen
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Detailed explanation-1: -Zhurong (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhùróng) is an active Mars rover that is China’s first rover to land on another planet (having previously landed two rovers on the Moon). It is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
Detailed explanation-2: -China launched Tianwen 1 in July 2020 and the mission’s rover, named Zhurong, touched down on the Red Planet in May 2021. The duo explored Mars smoothly until May 2022, when Zhurong was put into hibernation, hunkering down for the harsh winter.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mission is named Tianwen 3 and will involve a pair of Long March 5 launches - China’s largest rocket - around 2028 to send landing and orbiter spacecraft to the Red Planet. Before this, the country aims to conduct its first asteroid sample-return mission with Tianwen 2, launching around 2025.
Detailed explanation-4: -Zhurong landed in a large plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere called Utopia Planitia on May 15, 2021 – where NASA’s Viking 2 lander touched down in 1976.