Tianwen-1 Mary rover

[bill swizz]

Apparently has landed. Hopefully this will also start sending back photos soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/15/ch...

And have just seen the title which obviously should be Mars not Mary. Bloody autocorrect.
How do I edit the title?

Edited by bill swizz on Saturday 15th May 11:09

[Eric Mc]

I wonder if they were saying some Hail Marys as the lander descended?

[Smiljan]

Photo taken by first Chinese person on Mars

Only kidding, great achievement from the Chinese.

[Smiljan]

BTW the Rover is named Zhurong.

[Beati Dogu]

But how typically cowardly of them not to cover it live. Had it failed, no mention of it would have been made.

[Flooble]

That's alright, given it another ten years and we'll be getting coverage of landers from an on-the-spot correspondent, broadcasting live from Musk Villas.

[bill swizz]

Ramps extended for rover.



View of the landing site in the opposite direction

Edited by bill swizz on Thursday 20th May 13:29

[Eric Mc]

It's in the same general part of Mars where one of the Vikings landed in 1976.

[bill swizz]

Eric Mc said:

It's in the same general part of Mars where one of the Vikings landed in 1976.

Probably a bit far for it to nip over and have a look at Viking or Beagle 2.

[Eric Mc]

It would be rather cool for it to drive up to Viking 2 and say "Hello".

[Flooble]

The way that map is flattened out makes it look like everything has landed with a few miles of each other.

Did you notice the US Senators waving around pictures from the Chinese probe? We may have another Space Race starting up.

[bmwmike]

Love the black paint job so it doesn't look exactly the same as the original looks cool