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天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe OneAs of September 15, 2022, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for more than 780 days, and the rover has travelled a total of 1,921 meters, completed the established scientific exploration tasks, and obtained 1,480 GB of original scientific exploration data. The scientific research team has obtained rich scientific results through the research on the first-hand scientific data obtained independently by my country. Through a comprehensive study of typical landforms such as concave cones, barrier craters, and trenches distributed in the landing area, the important connection between the formation of the above-mentioned landforms and water activities has been revealed.

朱融号 The photos taken by the Mars rover before hibernation for one month (April 2022), maybe this is the posthumous work….

Currently as to date of the Zhurong Mars Rover is currently at sleep safe mode due to the Martian Sandstorms….. The location of Zhurong taken by the Tianwen-1 orbiter after it hibernated in Zhurong last year. The rut marks left by Zhurong after traveling 1921 meters are clearly visible….. The local dust on Mars captured by the Tianwen-1 orbiter is much layered. This photo was taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter on January 6, 2022, and Zhurong went into a dormant state more than three months after this time point. 

Last year, he appeared in the documentary “Hello! The photo of Arsia Mons in the opening title of “Mars” was synthesized from multiple photos taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter on February 7, 2022.

On the basis of the previously released version, a post- processing….

The south pole of Mars taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter is stitched together from three images.
Image processing: SegerYu/CAS/NAOC/GRAS​​​​

A photo of the northwest corner of the Tempe Terra in the northern hemisphere of Mars. The coordinates are about 82° west longitude and 45° north latitude. It was taken by the Tianwen-1 medium-resolution camera on February 14, 2022, at 50% of the original size.

Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System​​​​

The medium-resolution camera of Tianwen-1 were basically unprocessed. However, after trying to do post-production recently, it is still really fragrant, and I can get a lot of good pictures that feel completely different. For example, after processing the wind-eroded landform photos on the surface of Mars at 65.4° east longitude and 5.1° north latitude previously posted, Figure 1 is obtained . After comparing with the previous version (text of Weibo) (Figure 2), we can see that the overall effect is very high . A level of original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System….

Orson Welles crater (Orson Welles) near the equator, located in the Western Hemisphere Coprates quadrangle (MC-18), on the north side of the east end of Sailors Valley. The researchers believe that the pit was covered by sediment long ago, and that the collapse of an underground aquifer created a complex chaotic topography in the pit, releasing flash floods that formed vast lakes in the pit. The northeast side of the crater was damaged by multiple current events, and the flood water overflowed the rim of the crater, forming the downstream Shalbatana Vallis (Shalbatana Vallis).
This is a key to the turbulent past of Mars…
This picture is made by mosaicing 4 of the 26 Orbiter Medium Resolution Camera (MoRIC) images obtained by searching for the Sharbatana Canyon as the area of ​​interest. Taken on February 22, 2022-detection cycle 914, using OpenCV, SKImage, Lr for processing. [CAS/GRAS, CNSA/PEC; export production:

Aram Chaos (left side) and Ares Canyon part (Ares Vallis, center right), in the Oxia Palus, MC-11, on the northeast side of Valles Mariners. The former is a circular chaotic terrain with a width of about 280 km, which is considered to be an impact crater highly eroded by water flow; the latter is an obvious overflow channel, which was landed by the Mars Pathfinder mission MESUR Pathfinder in 1997 The Sojourner rover landed here.
This picture is made by searching a medium-resolution camera (MoRIC) image in an area with (2.6N, 21.5W) as the center and a search radius of 160 km. It was taken on February 9, 2022- Detection period 872, processed by OpenCV, SKImage, Lr. [CAS/GRAS, CNSA/PEC; export production

Gale Crater (the largest one in the picture above) and its surroundings taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter on March 3, 2022. Gale Crater is the place where the Curiosity rover landed on August 6, 2012. It has been nearly ten years since Curiosity landed when this photo was taken, and the Curiosity rover is still working tirelessly in Gale Crater Exploring, climbing Aeolis Mons (also known as Mount Sharp) located in the center of the pit from the northwest.

Several unnamed impact craters and some wind-eroded landforms near 7°N, 138.7°W of Mars were taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter on March 11, 2022, at 50% of the original size. Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

“Part of the Sacra Sulci at 18°N, 74.53°W on Mars, taken on March 6, 2022 by the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter medium resolution camera, 50% of the original size. The several drop-shaped sand dunes in the picture look very interesting. Source of original data: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System”

The mid-section of the Valles Marineris at around 70°W, taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter on February 8, 2022, is 50% of the original size and processed with contrast enhancement.

The area in the picture is mainly composed of four canyons: the smaller one in the upper left is Ophir Chasma, the one in the middle of the picture to the south is Candor Chasma, and the larger one in the lower left. The area is Melas Chasma (Melas Chasma), and the bottom right stretches all the way to the southeast is Coprates Chasma (Coprates Chasma).

Source of original data: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

The Martian dust storm taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter on February 3, 2022, 50% of the original size, processed with contrast enhancement. The center of the picture is about 3°W, 56°N, about 360 kilometers wide from east to west, and about 560 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of ​​about 200,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the area of ​​most provincial-level administrative regions in eastern China. Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

The Phlegethon Catena (the one in the northeast-southwest direction) is located in the east of Alba Mons on Mars, at about 38°N, 103.5°W, as determined by the Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter Rate camera taken on February 1, 2022.

Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System​​​​

天文一号Curie Crater (the larger one in the middle and lower part) located at 28.78°N, 4.6°W on Mars and several unnamed craters around it were captured by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter in 2022 Filmed on February 3.

Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

The Barabashov Crater (the largest one in the middle) is located at 47.3°N, 68.8°W on Mars. The upper right corner is the Perepelkin Crater, as shown by the Tianwen-1 spacecraft. Image taken by the Mars Orbiter Medium Resolution Camera on February 8, 2022, 50% original size.

Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

The Claritas Fossae group (Claritas Fossae) near 28.5°S and 103°W on Mars is full of rugged landforms and impact craters of different sizes. A long cliff extending from the upper left to the lower right is Claritas Fossae. Claritas Rupes. The photo was taken by the Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter Medium Resolution Camera on March 18, 2022, 50% of the original size.

Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

The picture shows several impact craters in the Coracis Fossae group (Coracis Fossae) in the southern hemisphere of Mars, located at 33°S 78°W. The photo was taken by the Tianwen-1 Mars Orbiter Medium Resolution Camera on June 30, 2022, 50% of the original size.

Mount Askra, the second highest mountain on Mars, captured by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter on February 1, 2022.

Data: CAS/NAOC/GRAS

Original data source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System​​​

Valles Marineris taken by the Tianwen-1 Mars probe. This is the largest canyon in the solar system, 4,000 kilometers long, 200 kilometers wide at its widest point, and 7 kilometers deep. This photo was taken on February 8, 2022, when Tianwen-1 was at an altitude of 762 kilometers. Image source: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC/

The Tianwen-1 Mars photo taken two years ago today shows the scene of a sandstorm approaching Olympus Mons. Image source: CNSA/CLEP/PEC/MoRIC/

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天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe OneAs of September 15, 2022, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for more than 780 days, and the rover has travelled a total of 1,921 meters, completed the established scientific exploration tasks, and obtained 1,480 GB of original scientific exploration data. The scientific research team has obtained rich scientific results through the research on the first-hand scientific data obtained independently by my country. Through a comprehensive study of typical landforms such as concave cones, barrier craters, and trenches distributed in the landing area, the important connection between the formation of the above-mentioned landforms and water activities has been revealed.

朱融号  Zhurong Mars Rover The photos taken by the Mars rover before hibernation for one month (April 22), maybe this is the posthumous work…..The mosaic pictures of other scenes taken by Zhurong are all 50% of the original picture, and they were taken on January 29, March 3, March 14 and April 12, 2022.

It is worth mentioning that Figure 4 is the last batch of pictures from the navigation terrain camera of the Zhurong Mars rover currently released, and it may also be the last batch of photos from the Zhurong rover that we can see in the days to come Original..

Data source: The fourth batch of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1 released by China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground

On February 17, 2022, the Zhu Rong discovered an interesting-looking bunker (Figure 1). The ground around it is full of gravel, and most of it is sand here. On February 19th, the Zhurong sailed close to it to investigate it. Figure 2 is a collage of photos of the bunker taken on the side.



Source of original data: The fourth batch of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1 released by China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System on July 3, 2023​​​​….

A selfie taken by the Zhu Rong rover on January 12, 2022, showing the back cover of the lander on the distant horizon.

Source of original data: The fourth batch of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1 released by China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System on July 3, 2023​​​​….

Four images of the surface of Mars acquired by the Tianwen-1 orbiter’s medium-resolution camera between January and February 2022. Do these four pictures look familiar to you? A little hint: the main scenery in the four photos are Peacock Mountain (Pavonis Mons), Arsia Mountain (Arsia Mons), Matt crater (Marth crater) on the Arabian Highlands (Arabia Terra) and Mount Elysium ( Elysium Mons).

That’s right, this is the documentary “Hello! Original images of the four photos of Mars in the opening credits of each episode of Mars. With the advancement of the Mars global image mapping work in 2022, the medium-resolution camera imaging area gradually moves southward to the middle and low latitudes. We have seen more and more shocking Mars photos, and we will slowly share them with you.

Original data source: The fourth batch of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1 released by the China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System on July 3…

Tharsis Tholus, taken by the medium-resolution camera of Tianwen-1 on January 26, 2022, is a small shield volcano at 90.69° west longitude and 13.25° north latitude on Mars. Source of original data: The fourth batch of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1 released by China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System on July 3, 2023

Tractus Catena, long and narrow in the Arcadia region of the northern hemisphere A group of pits located between the Alba Mountains and the Asklaw Mountains, with a total length of nearly 900 kilometers.
This picture is made by mosaicing 21 orbiter medium-resolution camera (MoRIC) images, taken from February to March 2022-detection cycle 845,998, and processed using OpenCV, SKImage, and Lr. [CAS/GRAS, CNSA/PEC; export production

Noctis Labyrinthus (Noctis Labyrinthus), taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter on February 21, 2022, is a complex canyon in the western section of the Grand Canyon Mariners on the surface of Mars, shaped like a maze. In fact, the Latin name Labyrinthus of this type of landform means “maze at night”, and the Chinese translation of some places is directly called “maze”. Data source: The fourth batch

of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1, the ground application system of China Planetary Exploration Engineering

The Tianwen-1 medium-resolution camera took the wind-eroded landform on the surface of Mars at 65.4° east longitude and 5.1° north latitude on February 17, 2022 (40% original resolution). Each impact crater bears traces of wind erosion, as if meteors flew over the surface of Mars. The reason for this landform is the accumulation of wind and sand formed under the action of the prevailing wind direction. The fourth batch of scientific exploration data of Tianwen-1 released by China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System on July 3, 2023.

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天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe One As of September 15, 2022, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for more than 780 days, and the rover has travelled a total of 1,921 meters, completed the established scientific exploration tasks, and obtained 1,480 GB of original scientific exploration data. The scientific research team has obtained rich scientific results through the research on the first-hand scientific data obtained independently by my country. Through a comprehensive study of typical landforms such as concave cones, barrier craters, and trenches distributed in the landing area, the important connection between the formation of the above-mentioned landforms and water activities has been revealed.

Currently as to date of the Zhurong Mars Rover is currently at sleep safe mode due to the Martian Sandstorms….. the location of Zhurong taken by the Tianwen-1 orbiter after it hibernated in Zhurong last year. The rut marks left by Zhurong after traveling 1921 meters are clearly visible….. The local dust on Mars captured by the Tianwen-1 orbiter is very layered. This photo was taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter on January 6, 2022, and Zhurong went into a dormant state more than three months after this time point. 

On the week of 6th June 2023 there have been new images release of the CNSA –CLEP Mars The Lunar and Planetary Data Publishing System released a new batch of Tianwen-1 data today, including a large number of Martian surface photos taken by the obiter’s medium-resolution camera! The total number is estimated to be hundreds to thousands!  But here are some stunning incredible randomly selected a few pictures is beautiful in which has been process during the Month of December 2021 at the time when before the Martian Sandstorm!

Some of the images taken by the Zhurong rover in December 2021 come from the latest data released by the China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System

中国planet detection…. First Mars Global Remote Sensing and Regional Patrol Exploration Mission


The second batch of publicly released data is the Korolev crater (Korolev). This picture is made by mosaicing 8 orbiter medium resolution camera (MoRIC) images obtained by searching in an area with (72.77N, 164.58E) as the center and a search radius of 300 km. It was taken at detection periods 656 and 677 and 698, using OpenCV, SKImage, Lr for processing. [CAS/GRAS, CNSA/PEC; export production…..


Northeast of the Utopia Plain, west of Mie (Mie), the pirate who landed here in 1976 The impact craters in the area around the No. 2 lander are mostly named after the launch sites, measurement and control stations and other aerospace facilities in various countries in the 1970s. Among them, Xuancheng Meteor Crater (Hsūanch’eng) is named after Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. my country’s early suborbital sounding rocket launch site – Guangde Rocket Launch Site (603 Base) is located in Shijie Town, Guangde City, Xuancheng City. This is the main site for the T-7 series of sounding rockets to conduct meteorological, biological, and new technology flight tests in the 1960s. It is also the place where the brave flying pathfinding dogs “Little Leopard” and “Shanshan” set off in July 1966.


(Figure 5 shows the first flight of the T-7A rocket, and Figure 6 shows the puppy carrying out the vibration test before the flight.) 3 MoRIC images were mosaiced, taken on December 3, 2021-detection cycle 641, and processed using OpenCV, SKImage, Lr and Ps. [CAS/GRAS, CNSA/PEC; export production:

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 天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe One As of September 15, 2022, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for more than 780 days, and the rover has travelled a total of 1,921 meters, completed the established scientific exploration tasks, and obtained 1,480 GB of original scientific exploration data. The scientific research team has obtained rich scientific results through the research on the first-hand scientific data obtained independently by my country. Through a comprehensive study of typical landforms such as concave cones, barrier craters, and trenches distributed in the landing area, the important connection between the formation of the above-mentioned landforms and water activities has been revealed.

Currently as to date of the Zhurong Mars Rover is currently at sleep safe mode due to the Martian Sandstorms….. the location of Zhurong taken by the Tianwen-1 orbiter after it hibernated in Zhurong last year. The rut marks left by Zhurong after traveling 1921 meters are clearly visible….. The local dust on Mars captured by the Tianwen-1 orbiter is very layered. This photo was taken by the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter on January 6, 2022, and Zhurong went into a dormant state more than three months after this time point. 

On the week of 6th June 2023 there have been new images release of the CNSA –CLEP Mars The Lunar and Planetary Data Publishing System released a new batch of Tianwen-1 data today, including a large number of Martian surface photos taken by the obiter’s medium-resolution camera! The total number is estimated to be hundreds to thousands!  But here are some stunning incredible randomly selected a few pictures is beautiful in which has been process during the Month of December 2021 at the time when before the Martian Sandstorm!

Some of the images taken by the Zhurong rover in December 2021 come from the latest data released by the China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System.


The famous Olympus Mons (Olympus Mons), a giant shield volcano on the northwest side of Mars Tharsis (Tharsis). This image is stitched together from 6 MoRIC images selected from the December 2021-detection cycle 00734 data released today, and processed using OpenCV, SKImage, and Lr. [CAS/GRAS, CNSA/PEC; export production

Selected from the December 2021 data set of the medium-resolution camera of the Tianwen-1 orbiter, source: China Planetary Exploration Engineering Ground Application System​​​​….

On August 15, 2021, the “Zhurong” rover successfully completed the 90 Martian scientific exploration missions, and continued to carry out extended exploration missions. It has traveled 1,921.5 meters on the surface of Mars. Affected by the severe winter cold and dusty weather in the landing area, the rover will enter the winter dormancy mode on May 18, 2022 as designed. Around December 2022, the “Zhurong” landing area will enter the early spring season. will resume normal work.

The orbiter has circled Mars 1,344 times, achieving global coverage and is currently in normal condition. In the follow-up, it will continue to carry out global remote sensing detection, and choose an opportunity to carry out expansion technology experiments to carry out preliminary technical verification for related tasks.

After nearly two years of flight and exploration for the Tianwen-1 mission, the 13 scientific payloads deployed by the rover and orbiter have obtained a total of about 1040GB of raw scientific data. After receiving and processing on the ground, the standard scientific data products formed are submitted to the rover on a monthly basis. A team of scientists has conducted analysis and interpretation, and relevant scientific results have been published in well-known academic journals at home and abroad. These scientific data will be open to scientists around the world at an appropriate time. Scientists around the world are welcome to actively apply for research and jointly promote the cause of human exploration of the universe.

At present, the Tianwen-1 orbiter continues to carry out scientific exploration in the orbit of the remote sensing mission, continues to accumulate first-hand scientific data, and makes China’s contribution to mankind’s in-depth understanding of Mars.
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Images and visuals are from CNSA China National Space AdministrationCLEP China Lunar Exploration Program.

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Symposium on Scientific Research Achievements of the First Mars Exploration Mission Held

​​On September 16, 2022, the first seminar on scientific research achievements of Mars exploration missions was held in Beijing in a combination of online and offline methods, aiming to strengthen the exchange of scientific research results of Tianwen-1.

Figure 1. Landform map of impact craters, concave cones, grooves and ridges in the Zhurong landing area

 天问一号飞運騎遊達达3亿CNSA – China National Space Administration – ESA – European Space agency Belt and road initiative mars mission…first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen- Martian Probe One As of September 15, 2022, the Tianwen-1 orbiter has been in orbit for more than 780 days, and the rover has travelled a total of 1,921 meters, completed the established scientific exploration tasks, and obtained 1,480 GB of original scientific exploration data. The scientific research team has obtained rich scientific results through the research on the first-hand scientific data obtained independently by my country. Through a comprehensive study of typical landforms such as concave cones, barrier craters, and trenches distributed in the landing area, the important connection between the formation of the above-mentioned landforms and water activities has been revealed.

Fig. 2 Schematic diagram of the plate-like hard-shell rock rich in water-bearing minerals found in the landing area by Zhurong and its formation process under the action of groundwater

Through camera images and spectral data, hydrous minerals were found in plate-like hard-shell rocks near the landing area, proving that there has been a large amount of liquid water activity in the landing area since 1 billion years ago (late Amazonian period).

Combined with camera images and rover moving ruts and other information, it is found that the soil in the landing area has strong compressive strength and low friction parameters, which are related to water activity and experience sand erosion.

Fig. 4 Analysis results of Martian soil mechanical parameters in the landing area of ​​Zhurong

These new results reveal the impact of Martian sandstorm and water activities on geological evolution and environmental changes, provide strong support for the conjecture that there was an ocean in the Martian Utopian Plain, and enrich human scientific understanding of Martian geological evolution and environmental changes. The relevant results have been published in authoritative academic journals at home and abroad such as “Nature Astronomy”, “Nature Geoscience”, “Science Advances”, “Science of China” and so on.

In addition, the scientific research team also used the detection data of Tianwen-1 to obtain a batch of data on the relationship between the density of rocks on the surface of Mars and the degree of surface erosion, the distribution of ions and neutral particles in the near-fire space environment, and the gravitational field of Mars. Excellent scientific results.

At present, the Tianwen-1 orbiter continues to carry out scientific exploration in the orbit of the remote sensing mission, continues to accumulate first-hand scientific data, and makes China’s contribution to mankind’s in-depth understanding of Mars.
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Images and visuals are from CNSA China National Space AdministrationCLEP China Lunar Exploration Program.