Zhurong had its sights set on a very different body of water—the vestiges of an ancient ocean located in the northern hemisphere of Mars. The Zhurong rover is named after a mythical god of fire.

BEIJING (AP) — China’s first Mars rover will be named Zhurong after a traditional fire god, the government announced Saturday. The rover is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe that arrived in Mars ...

This is where a Mars rover comes in handy. The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the fire god Zhurong, a character in Chinese myths. The rover is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars ...

The Zhurong rover is named after a mythical god of fire. It was launched by the Chinese National Space Administration in 2020 and was active on Mars from 2021 to 2022. Zhurong landed within Utopia ...