(Beijing Comprehensive News) Zhu Rong, a Chinese Mars probe that should have ended in December last year, still has no signs of activities.Chinese officials responded after a few months of silence saying that this may be because the accumulation of sand and dust affects the power generation capacity of Mars.
According to the Reuters, according to the plan, in May 2022, in May 2022, in order to spend Mars' winter entering the plan dormant mode in May 2022, it should have been awakened in December.However, Zhu Rong is still dormant to this day.
Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of the Chinese Planet Exploration Engineering, revealed in an interview with CCTV on Tuesday (April 25) that the most likely to not awaken the Zhu Rong is due to the accumulation of unpredictable Mars and dust, which reduces its power generation capacityIt is not enough to wake it up.
Zhang Rongqiao said that Zhu Rong has explored the surface of Mars for 358 days and drove 1921 meters, far exceeding the initial three -month task time span.
This public speech broke the silence of Chinese officials in the coming months of the state of the Mars.
According to the picture taken by a detector around the Mars orbit, the National Aeronautics Aerospace Agency (NASA) has not moved for at least nine months.
Zhu Rong is the first Mars car in China, which belongs to Tianwen No. 1 mission.Its task after its successful landing in May 2021 was to study the soil and atmosphere of Mars surface, and showing signs of finding life with geological detection radars.
In addition to Zhu Rong, the other two mobile detectives operating on Mars are NASA's perseverance and curiosity. The former has been roaming Mars on the surface for more than two years, and the latter has exceeded 10 years.
