China's Mars rover may be in big trouble, as officials say that it has yet to awake following a special hibernation sequence.
China’s Zhurong Mars rover may be in a lot of trouble. According to new reports in the, the Chinese Martian exploration vehicle has yet to awake from its hibernation sequence following the cold and dusty Martian winter.
According to the reports, China’s Mars rover was put into a hibernation sequence in May of 2022, just a year after it . The hibernation sequence was intended to help the rover survive the harsh Martian winter sandstorms before resuming its exploration. However, it appears that the rover has yet to wake back up.that the China Mars rover should have awakened and resumed communication on December 26. Chinese space authorities are scrambling to figure out what the issue is. One plan to determine the problems relied on sending the Tianwen-1 probe to check the area and see what the cause of the issue could be.
The first condition required at least 140 watts of power, while the second required the internal components to exceed minus 15 degrees Celsius . Unfortunately, at least one of those conditions does not appear to have been met just yet. The issue, some speculate, could be the solar panels that Zhurong relies on for power.
Some believe the sandstorms that accompany the Martian winter may have coated the panels in dust, keeping them from gathering sunlight to convert into power for the rover. Zhurong was only designed to last for three months. However, China’s Mars rover has remained operational for over a year, traveling nearly 2km to survey the planet.
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China's 1st Mars rover and Tianwen 1 orbiter may have gone silent: reportBrett is a science and technology journalist who is curious about emerging concepts in spaceflight and aerospace, alternative launch concepts, anti-satellite technologies, and uncrewed systems. Brett's work has appeared on The War Zone at TheDrive.com, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery, and more. Brett has English degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett is a working musician, a hobbyist electronics engineer and cosplayer, an avid LEGO fan, and enjoys hiking and camping throughout the Appalachian Mountains with his wife and two children.
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