It is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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The spacecraft was launched on 23 July 2020 and inserted into Martian orbit on 10 February 2021. The lander, carrying the rover, performed a successful soft-landing on Mars on 14 May 2021, making China the second country that successfully soft-landed a spacecraft on Mars and established communications from the surface, after the United States.
Zhurong was successfully deployed on 22 May 2021, 02:40 UTC.