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China’s Zhurong Mars rover(探测器)touched down on the red planet early Saturday. China has become the third nation in human history to land safely on the surface of Mars- 【小题1】 its first attempt.
Like NASA’s Perseverance rover before it, Zhurong 【小题2】 (rely)on a heat shield(抗热涂层)and a protective aeroshell 【小题3】 (protect)it from the extreme temperatures generated after hitting the atmosphere at nearly three miles per second. Once through the plasma heating zone, a large parachute(降落伞)opened as planned, quickly 【小题4】 (slow)the craft to sub-sonic speeds.
【小题5】 (final), about seven minutes after hitting the atmosphere, the lander was programmed to fall free of its parachute, firing small rocket 【小题6】 (engine)for a powered descent(下降)to the surface.
The last 10 months have been for Martian 【小题7】 (explore). Three spacecraft, including Tianwen-1, were launched to Mars in July 2020. The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter, 【小题8】 will survey Mars’ atmosphere from space, put 【小题9】 (it)into orbit in February. Not long after, NASA’s now-famous rolling rover, Perseverance, and its history-making flying companion Ingenuity, reached 【小题10】 surface of Mars, landing in an ancient lakebed that may once have been home to Martian life.