China's Zhurong Mars rover may officially be dead as China has finally released an official statement on the rover's status.
It’s been almost a year since China’s Zhurong Mars rover went silent, hunkering down to try and survive the harsh Martian winter. The rover was intended to wake up back in December, but it never did. Now, after months of silence, China has finally provided an official update on the Zhurong rover.
“We have not had any communication from the rover since it entered hibernation,” said Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China’s Mars exploration program, according to. That same report notes that Chinese television broadcasts report an unseen pile of dust may have blocked sunlight from the rover. The latest update also notes that China believes that the Zhurong rover has yet to wake up and communicate back home due to the sunlight not reaching it enough to generate enough power. This is a common issue for spacecraft that rely on solar power on Mars.The dark blueish dot next to the crater in images two and three showcase the rover’s resting place. Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
This ending was predicted for the Zhurong Mars rover in January when first reports began to appear that the
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