The Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed a Mars camera to capture images of the Red Planet’s surroundings and monitor the status of the Zhurong Mars rover. Photo: China National Space ...

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

BEIJING -- A team of Chinese geologists has created a Mars soil simulant that almost replicates Utopia Planitia soil, a ...

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

The flowing celestial robes in Dunhuang murals, featuring flying goddesses, and the legendary attempt by Wan Hu to reach ...

The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars in 2021 and explored the surface for 358 Mars days before ...

China’s ambitions have surged since May 2021, when its Tianwen-1 mission made it the second nation after the U.S. to land on Mars. The Zhurong rover explored Utopia Planitia, paving the way for bigger ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin Questions in the natural sciences. Recently, China officially launched its Mars ...

BEIJING -- China's Mars rover Zhurong has provided key observational evidence of liquid water at low Martian latitudes, the warmest regions on the red planet, according to a new study published in the ...

The Mars exploration mission of China named Tianwen-1 is being carried out as scheduled. The Navigation and Terrain Cameras (NaTeCam) equipped on the Zhurong Rover play an essential role in obstacle ...

China's upcoming Mars sample return mission represents the next research goal following the successful deployment of the Zhurong rover on Mars in 2021. With this achievement, China became the second ...