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China is silent about the fate of the Zhurong rover of the Tianwen 1 mission to Mars

China is silent about the fate of the Zhurong rover of the Tianwen 1 mission to Mars

China’s first interplanetary mission celebrated its second anniversary in orbit around Mars on Feb. 10, but there has been no update on the status of the mission’s rover.

The Zhurong rover of the Tianwen 1 mission entered hibernation in May 2022 due to the decrease in solar energy available to the spacecraft during the winter in the northern hemisphere of Mars.