Watch footage of China's Zhurong rover moving on the Martian surface. It was captured by a camera the rover deployed on Mars.

China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

China’s Zhurong rover has sent back its first images since landing on Mars Saturday, becoming the third nation to accomplish the technically challenging feat. The rover’s camera took photos of ...

China's rover Zhurong and its lander are seen in this image captured on the surface of Mars in 2021 by a camera detached from the rover [File: China National Space Administration/Reuters] ...

Data from China's Zhurong Mars rover reveals evidence of water activity on tiny dunes as recently as 400,000 years ago. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space. Search.

A model of Chinese Mars rover Zhurong, part of China's Tianwen-1 space mission, is seen displayed at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, in Zhuhai ...

Zhurong, part of the Tianwen-1 mission, successfully landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, in the Utopia Planitia region. This area was selected because of its flat terrain, ...

The Zhurong rover, named after a god of fire in Chinese mythology, landed on the Utopia Planitia region of Mars on May 15. This is China’s first Mars mission ...

The Zhurong rover touched down on Mars’ surface in May, and China has now released some audio of its arrival on the surface of the red planet, rolling down the ramp of its lander vehicle.

China became the second country in the world to successfully land a rover on Mars after its Zhurong craft touched down on the red planet. Named after the Chinese god of fire, Zhurong was aboard ...

Zhurong joins a number of other Mars robots that are now inoperative, including NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which sputtered out after six years and 77 days and 14 years and 138 days, ...