APOD: 2021 June 15 - Zhurong: New Rover on Mars

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Zhurong: New Rover on Mars."

Mars space rover race.

Image: Zhurong - New Rover on Mars - Image Credit - China National Space Administration

APOD background
Explanation: There's a new rover on Mars. In mid-May, China's Tianwen-1 mission delivered the Zhurong rover onto the red planet. As Mars means Planet of Fire in Chinese, the Zhurong rover's name means, roughly, God of Fire in Chinese mythology. Zhurong landed in northern Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, and an area reported to have much underground ice. Among many other scientific instruments, Zhurong carries ground-penetrating radar that can detect ice buried even 100-meters deep. Car-sized Zhurong is pictured here next to its landing base. The image was snapped by a remote camera deployed by the rolling rover. Zhurong's planned 90-day mission includes studying the geology, soil, and atmosphere of Mars in Utopia Planitia.'

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Great picture share from the Martian landscape Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , have a great Tuesday sir.

Excellent APOD!!! In my view, the jury is still out as to whether this is a functioning rover & lander... Every video I have seen uses too much animation...and some images look touched up... I guess one could call me a skeptic... That said, I did post a NASA video taken by the MARS Reconnaissance Orbiter, which showed Zhurang on the MARS surface, but no close ups to show it moving...or what condition it is in...
I personally need more info before I accept it as operational...