Surface characteristics of the Zhurong Mars rover traverse at Utopia Planitia

L Ding, R Zhou, T Yu, H Gao, H Yang, J Li, Y Yuan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract China's Mars rover, Zhurong, touched down on Utopia Planitia in the northern
lowlands of Mars (109.925° E, 25.066° N) in May 2021, and has been conducting in situ …

Hypothesis of an ancient northern ocean on Mars and insights from the Zhurong rover

L Wang, J Huang - Nature Astronomy, 2024 - nature.com
Various landforms suggest the past presence of liquid water on the surface of Mars. The
putative coastal landforms, outflow channels and the hemisphere-wide Vastitas Borealis …

Evidence for marine sedimentary rocks in Utopia Planitia: Zhurong rover observations

L **ao, J Huang, T Kusky, JW Head… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Decades of research using remotely sensed data have extracted evidence for the presence
of an ocean in the northern lowlands of Mars in the Hesperian (∼ 3.3 Ga), but these claims …

Buried palaeo-polygonal terrain detected underneath Utopia Planitia on Mars by the Zhurong radar

L Zhang, C Li, J Zhang, B Zhou, YYS Zhao, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As the largest basin on Mars, Utopia Planitia has both experienced and recorded variations
of the Martian palaeoclimate. Layered subsurface structures have been identified by ground …

Water Ice and Possible Habitability in the Landing Area of Tianwen-1 Mission

C Jiang, C Ding, Y Su, S **ng, J Li, S Dai - Space Science Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Tianwen-1 mission, marking China's inaugural venture into Mars exploration,
successfully deployed the Zhurong rover on Utopia Planitia. This review primarily focuses on …

Martian dunes indicative of wind regime shift in line with end of ice age

J Liu, X Qin, X Ren, X Wang, Y Sun, X Zeng, H Wu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Orbital observations suggest that Mars underwent a recent 'ice age'(roughly 0.4–2.1 million
years ago), during which a latitude-dependent ice-dust mantle (LDM), was emplaced. A …

In situ analysis of surface composition and meteorology at the Zhurong landing site on Mars

YYS Zhao, J Yu, G Wei, L Pan, X Liu, Y Lin… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The Zhurong rover of the Tianwen-1 mission landed in southern Utopia Planitia, providing a
unique window into the evolutionary history of the Martian lowlands. During its first 110 sols …

Discrimination between dry and water ices by full polarimetric radar: Implications for China's first martian exploration

H Liu, J Li, X Meng, B Zhou, G Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
China's first Mars rover named “Zhurong” has begun its exploration at the surface of the
Utopian Plain in the Martian northern hemisphere on May 22, 2021. Mars rover penetrating …

A proactive energy management strategy for battery-powered autonomous systems

H Li, Z Liu, Y Yang, H Yang, B Shu, W Liu - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Battery energy management systems have been studied in control communities for many
years. This paper proposes a new perspective by integrating control and scheduling for …

The Dielectric Properties of Martian Regolith at the Tianwen‐1 Landing Site

L Zhang, Y Xu, R Liu, R Chen… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mars' surface is characterized by a weathered layer of regolith and exposed rock exposures
that are the results of long‐term geological processes. The Mars Rover Penetrating Radar …