Bukela i-China yokuqala ye-Mars Probe Tianwen-1 Land Rover kwi-Red Planet ngolwesiHlanu

I-China yokuqala yophando lwe-Mars, iTianwen-1, ijikeleze iPlanethi ebomvu ukusukela ngoFebruwari. NgoLwesihlanu, i-rover ye-probe, iZhurong, iya kuzama ukubamba uthambile kumphezulu kaMars.

I-Tianwen-1 mission yaphehlelelwa ngoJulayi 2020 yi-China National Space Administration (CNSA) eyayikwi-rocket ende kaMatshi 5 kwaye yafikelela kwi-Mars orbit kwiinyanga ezintlanu kamva.

Iinkcukacha malunga nokufika ngoLwesihlanu ziyothusa. Iingxelo zamajelo eendaba zibonisa ukuba ukuchukumisa kuya kuqala malunga ne-7: 11 ebusuku. Uhambo (I-7: 11 kusasa Beijing ixesha ngoMeyi 15), ejonge i-Utopia Planitia, indawo enkulu enefuthe eMars 'hemisphere. Nje ukuba isasazwe, i-rover iya kuchitha malunga neentsuku ezingama-90 zeMartian (okanye iintsuku ezingama-93 zomhlaba) ifunda ngokukungqongileyo ngokweenkcukacha.

Njenge-NASA's Perseverance rover, uZhurong uya kufumana imizuzu esixhenxe yoloyiko emva kokungena komoya we-Mars. Imizamo yokufika kukaMars edluleyo icebisa ukuba i-rover inethuba lokusinda esezantsi kuphela ngama-50 eepesenti.

I-Zhurong yirobhothi enesondo enamavili amathandathu, kunye ne-CNSA echaze njengebhabhathane eliluhlaza. Le rover ibizwa ngegama lothixo womlilo kwiintsomi zamandulo zase China. Igama eliphumeleleyo lakhethwa phakathi kwabagqatswa abalishumi kwivoti kawonke-wonke ngo-Epreli.

Ukuma kumphezulu kaMars, ukuba uphumelele, iya kuba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kumzamo wokuhlola indawo wase China. I-Tianwen-1 yinzame yesibini yase China kwi-Red Planet emva kokuba i-2011 mission ye-Mars ebizwa ngokuba yi-Yinghuo-1 isilele. Umsebenzi we-Yinghuo-1 awuzange ubandakanye umhlaba okanye rover. Akunqabile ukuba ilizwe lizame ukujikeleza, ukuhlala emhlabeni kunye nokuhamba yonke indawo ukuya kwangoko kuphononongo lwangaphakathi. (I-United Arab Emirates yasungula iprosesa yokuqala kaMars, iThemba, malunga nexesha elifanayo neTianwen-1. Kodwa iprobe yayiqulathe nje umjikelo.)

Akukho mishini yeplanethi eye yaphunyezwa ngale ndlela. Ukuba iphumelele, ibiya kuthetha impumelelo enkulu kwezobuchwephesha, izazinzulu ze-CNSA zibhale ephepheni zichaza iinjongo zemishini ipapashwe kwi Indalo ngeenkwenkwezi kuJulayi ophelileyo.