On the occasion of New Year's Day in 2022, the China National Space Administration released a set of exquisite images transmitted from distant Mars by the Tianwen-1 probe, China's first Mars exploration mission, reporting to the people of the whole country on the safety of "Tianwen-1" and extending holiday greetings.
The orbiter poses with Mars
This set of images includes a group photo of the orbiter and Mars, a local close-up of the orbiter, the Arctic ice sheet of Mars, and the fire surface landform photographed by the "Zhurong" rover, showing the working state of the orbiter, the "Zhurong" rover and the acquired surface form of Mars.
Surrounder local close-up
As of December 31, 2021, the Tianwen-1 mission orbiter has been in orbit for 526 days, currently about 350 million kilometers from Earth, with a communication delay of about 19.5 minutes; the rover has worked on the surface of Mars for 225 Martian days, with a cumulative travel of more than 1400 meters.
The "Zhu Rong" rover photographed the fire surface landform
The North Pole Ice Sheet of Mars
At present, the Tianwen-1 mission is carrying out exploration and related tests as planned, sending back a total of about 560GB of raw scientific data, and the two devices are in good condition and running normally. (CCTV reporter Cui Xia, Xu Jing, Wu Tianbai, China National Space Administration, Yang Lu)
Source: CCTV news client