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China’s Mars rover Zhurong is hunkering down for its 1st Red Planet winter

China’s Zhurong Mars rover is adjusting to its first winter on the Red Planet while its companion orbiter continues to map the world from above.

Zhurong, part of China’s Tianwen-1 mission, has been operating in the vast basin of Utopia Planitia for 347 Martian days, or sols, and has traveled 6,302 feet (1,921 meters) across the planet’s surface, according to a May 6 update posted by the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.

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