China lands its Zhurong rover on Mars - BBC News

China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday.

The six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia, a vast terrain in the planet's northern hemisphere.

The vehicle used a combination of a protective capsule, a parachute and a rocket platform to make the descent.

The successful touchdown is a remarkable achievement, given the difficult nature of the task.

Only the Americans have really mastered landing on Mars until now. All other countries that have tried have either crashed or lost contact soon after reaching the surface.

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated the mission team on its "outstanding achievement" in a special message.

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[Scorpio]

0:01 Whenever BBC reports on China's success, they always look as if they were attending their parents' funeral.

[empoweredbyknowleged]

I am customed to hearing fake news about China from BBC. Hearing BBC reporting true news about China is awkward. If anyone feels the same, please thumb up.

[NINJA-vywx]

Congratulations China! from Pakistan.
❤🇵🇰🇨🇳❤

[wwow]

Congratulations to the peoples of China! From France 🇫🇷

[Etheral]

Dont care which nation does it, Im always glad when the Cosmos is explored.

[Deit_Elysieu_son_ein]

So now we can have the humanity's first offworld robot fighting competition.

[antarcticwallscam]

Can we all take a moment to thank the cameraman for getting to mars before the shuttle to start filming .

[cosmosic]

Congrats from India 🇮🇳 to China and Chinese space scientists for their hardworking to achieve the most complicated mission.

[dagsreacts]

Im not surprised if perseverance and zhurong meet together and suspected each other as a UFO

[benyabasi]

Another great achievement by humans .Congratulations from Canada.

[lv]

China now have; a rover on Mars, a rover on the dark side of the Moon 🌒 & a space station main module in space ! Congratulation 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[nyuthevlog]

Congratulations to the aerospace of China...for the successful mission ... 👍 from India..

[azulaquaza]

Great job China! We should encourage all nations to explore the cosmos. Squash petty rivalries, it’s gonna take a lot of us to find humanity a 2nd home!
- from Texas, USA

[pechorin]

Fun Fact: "Zhu Rong" is the God of Fire in Ancient Chinese mythology, an equivalent of Prometheus.

Also, always good to hear that human is making some progress in space. Really Hope I can get a chance to visit the first human moon colony in my life.

[kevinzhu]

First time watching BBC reporting something positive about China. It is actually extremely pain taking for BBC to make this decision….. A life-time China hater….

[Steve_McMillen]

Space exploration is one of those subjects that shouldnt be brought down with politics.

[silveriver]

Congratulations China 🇨🇳 and humanity🌎 👏 We are all One.

[SKMUNEEB]

Congrats to Chinese people for their success in Mars, love from india

[andyjia]

million of kilometers away in Mars. China and USA are competing peacefully. great !

[kaichen]

She seems so sad when reporting the news.