Solar-powered Zhurong rover is expected to be deployed for 90 days to search for evidence of life

China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the planet, China’s space administration has said.

The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40am on Saturday Beijing time (0240 GMT), the China National Space Administration said.

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