The Chinese robotic spacecraft Tianwen-1 has completed photographing the entirety of Mars and the shots are a combination of medium-definition and high-definition photos in what is being called a major success.<\/p>\n
The Tianwen-1 launched in July 2020 and consisted of an orbiter, a rover, a lander, two deployable cameras, and a remote camera. The spacecraft reached Mars in February 2021 and beamed back its first image of the Red Planet to China.<\/p>\n
After that initial snapshot, the spacecraft made 1,344 orbits around Mars and scanned and photographed the planet for over a year.<\/p>\n
Here is a high-resolution photo of Valles Marineris, a huge canyon system that spreads for 2,500 miles across the surface of Mars and that is 4 miles deep in some parts.<\/p>\n
Experts believe that these canyons started to form billions of years ago as the planet cooled.<\/p>\n
And here is an image of the south pole on Mars, a part of the planet that researchers are particularly interested in because there is a large subglacial lake there with salty water where there could potentially be evidence of life.<\/p>\n
I wonder how long its going to take for humans to set foot on Mars?<\/p>\n
Time will tell<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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