Close Up of Zhurong s Parachute

The Tianwen1 missions lander and the Zhurong rover successfully landed on the southern part of Utopia Planitia, Mars, on 14 May 2021, at 23:18 UTC (15 May, 07:18 China Standard Time). On 12 July 2021, Zhurong approached the parachute and the backshell that were jettisoned during the landing process. The closeup image was taken using the Navigation and Terrain Camera(NaTeCam) from a distance of about 30 metres away from the backshell and 350 metres away from the landing site. The Tianwen1 missions parachute is 34 metres long, has an area of 200 square metres when fully stretched, and can reduce the speed of the landing from Mach 2 to 95 metres per second. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV), China National Space Administration (CNSA)