祝融夫人 (Lady Zhùróng)

Last Sunday, China National Space Administration has released footage recorded by its 天问一号 (Tiānwèn-1) Mars probe. The videos and photos taken by the camera installed on the 祝融 (Zhùróng) rover of the 天问一号 (Tiānwèn-1) spacecraft show the lander deploying a parachute before touching down on the surface of Mars and the rover driving away from its landing platform.

Night and Day

The above picture was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on March 22, 2021 (Sol 31) at the local mean solar time of 14:48:48. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

In the Shadow of the Galaxy

The above picture was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on March 9, 2021 (Sol 18) at the local mean solar time of 17:08:49, and featured as “Photo of the Week” (March 7–13) on the NASA website. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Equation of time

The above picture was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on March 8, 2021 (Sol 17) at the local mean solar time of 13:41:13. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Mars Sol Date (MSD)

The above is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 pictures taken on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission (February 21, 2021). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU.

Light Up the Sky

“Hello, World!”

NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars on Thursday, February 18, 2021 after a 292.5 million mile journey from Earth. The above is the first picture taken by the rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Holy Curiosity

Moscow, 1958 And it dies and is born at full force     tree, star, man     virus, etcetera etcetera a tumult, a din hope, melancholy nostalgia     and it is born and dies     at full steam. Nâzım Hikmet

The amazing new selfie from the Curiosity rover on Mars, taken on February 26, 2020. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Curiosity

A photo released by NASA showing the highest resolution panorama, composed of more than 1,000 images, of the Martian surface. The shot was captured by the Curiosity rover between November 24 and December 1, 2019. Photo: AFP/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.