Zhurong:Features and mission of China’s first Mars rover  

作　　者：He Tian Tianyi Zhang Yang Jia Song Peng Chuliang Yan 

机构地区：[1]School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Jilin University,Changchun 130025,China [2]Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering,Beijing 100094,China

出　　处：《The Innovation》2021年第3期24-25,共2页创新（英文）

摘　　要：On May 22,2021,at 10:40 am(Beijing Time),China’s Zhurong rover successfully reached the Mars surface and began its exploration.China is only the second nation to have conducted a successful soft landing and exploration of the red planet.The Mars probe consists of an orbiter and landing rover.The spacecraft includes an entry module consisting of a back shell,landing platform,and outsole,as well as a rover(Figure 1).Before release,the orbiter,which carries the landing rover,completed the Earth–Mars orbital transfer and an orbit reduction maneuver.After a nearly 3.5 h flight,the landing rover and orbiter entered the Martian atmosphere,landing on the planet’s surface after a multi-stage deceleration,and ramp mechanism expansion.Shortly after detaching from the landing platform the rover began its mission.

关 键 词：PLANET ROVER FIGURE 

分 类 号：U46[机械工程—车辆工程]