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Zhurong
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Zhing
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Shiang
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Huo Xing
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Mars Pathfinder was launched December 4, 1996 and landed on Mars’ Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997. It was designed as a technology demonstration of a new way to deliver an instrumented lander and the first-ever robotic rover to the surface of the red planet.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 10 names - Hongyi, Qilin, Nezha, Chitu, Zhurong, Qiusuo, Fenghuolun, Zhuimeng, Tianxing and Xinghuo - are taken from ideas including Chinese mythological figures, Confucian concepts and legendary animals.
Detailed explanation-4: -Active. Curiosity of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission by NASA, was launched November 26, 2011 and landed at the Aeolis Palus plain near Aeolis Mons (informally “Mount Sharp") in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The Curiosity rover is still operational as of January 2023.