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		</div><p>Images captured by a Chinese rover depicting the dusty, rocky surface of Mars have been revealed by the country’s space agency.</p>
<p>Four pictures released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) show the Zhurong rover and lander bearing small national flags.</p>
<p>The CNSA said Zhurong placed a remote camera about 33ft from the landing platform – then withdrew to take a selfie.</p>
<p>The CNSA landed the Tianwen-1 spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars last month after it spent about three months orbiting the red planet.</p>
<p>China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the United States.</p>
<p>The orbiter and lander both display small Chinese flags, and the lander bears outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.</p>
<p>The six-wheeled rover is surveying an area known as Utopia Planitia, searching for signs of water or ice that could lend clues as to whether Mars ever sustained life.</p>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mars?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mars</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zhurong?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Zhurong</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNSA?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNSA</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tianwen?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tianwen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tianwen1?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tianwen1</a> <a href="https://t.co/PX8ANlIOHu">pic.twitter.com/PX8ANlIOHu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; China National Space Administration (CNSA) (@CNSA_en) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNSA_en/status/1393367645194493956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>At 6ft in height, Zhurong is significantly smaller than the US’s Perseverance rover, which is exploring the planet with a tiny helicopter.</p>
<p>Nasa expects its rover to collect its first sample in July for return to Earth as early as 2031.</p>
<p>In addition to the Mars mission, China’s ambitious space programme plans to send the first crew to its new space station next week.</p>
<p>The three crew members plan to stay for three months on the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, station, far exceeding the length of any previous Chinese mission.</p>
<p>They will perform spacewalks, construction and maintenance work and carry out science experiments.</p>
<p>Subsequent launches are planned to expand the station, send supplies and exchange crews.</p>
<p>China has also has brought back lunar samples, the first by any country’s space programme since the 1970s, and landed a probe and rover on the moon’s less explored far side.</p>
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