Images from a NASA Mars orbiter show that China's Zhurong Marsrover hasn't moved for the last five months, suggesting the vehicle has stopped working.
China’s Zhurong rover landed on Mars to great local fanfare in May 2021 before it set about exploring the dusty surface.
By analyzing the rover’s position in the various images, we can see that Zhurong has not moved since at least September 2022. Speaking to the South China Morning Post on condition of anonymity, a source said last month it seemed that “most likely the sandstorms have seriously weakened Zhurong’s capacity to use its solar panels to generate power.”
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