China’s Zhurong rover has successfully completed 100-days exploring the surface of Mars since it landed on Martian soil back in May. This rover is a part of China’s Tianwen-1 mission that consists of both an orbiter and a lander, launched on July 23, 2020. As of today, Zhurong has traveled 1,064 meters (3,490 feet) on the Martian surface, while the orbiter has been in orbit for 403 days.
One thing most do not know is that both probes will experience an outage during mid-to-late September when the Sun is aligned with Earth and Mars. This is because the solar radiation interferes with the communication between the probes and ground stations. Fortunately, the orbiter and rover will only stop working during this brief outage, returning to normal operations shortly after.
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