China's Space Program News Thread

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The Mars rover has traversed 889 meters after 92 earth days on the Martian surface. It has beamed back 10GB of data, and all systems are functioning normally. Meanwhile, the Mars orbiter has sent back 420GB of scientific data thus far.

Mars and Earth will soon begin orbiting on opposite sides of the Sun, which will prevent communications to the rover and the orbiter. As a result, the rover stay still and go into safe mode for a period of 50 days until communications can be re-established.

P.S. The last image is a high-res version of what was recently shared.

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