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China marks 'complete success' of Mars rover Zhurong with new photos, including a selfie - USA TODAY
Jun 11, 2021 43 secs

China released new images of its Mars rover Zhurong on Friday, as state media said it was evidence of the mission's "complete success.".

China released new images of its Mars rover Zhurong on Friday, as state media said it was evidence of the mission's "complete success.".

The rover first drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface on May 22, starting its exploration of the Red Planet, and making China the second country after the United States to land and operate a rover on Mars, according to a statement from China's state media Xinhua.

The new images released Friday included the landing site panorama, a photo of the Martian landscape and a "selfie" of the rover with the landing platform. The images were unveiled at a ceremony in Beijing

The landing platform of China's first Mars rover Zhurong. (Photo: Xinhua news agency)

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