100 - Zhurong Rover on Mars (feat. Andrew Jones)
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The Chinese National Space Administration's Tianwen-1 mission made history this month when its Zhurong rover landed safely in Utopia Planitia, Mars. Space journalist Andrew Jones joins Jake to talk about the landing process, the surface operations, and what effect this mission's success will have on space domestically in China and abroad.
We talk Tianwen-1 and Zhurong Rover
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