China's Zhurong rover enters sleep mode. This happened due to the fact that winter has come on the Red Planet, which is accompanied by a cold snap and powerful dust storms, Space reports.. com.

It is noted that the rover entered sleep mode on May 18, when the temperature began to drop to -20 degrees Celsius during the day, and to -100 degrees at night.. Station Tianwen 1, which delivered the rover to the Red Planet, also recorded sand and dust storms over the region in which Zhurong is located..

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The design of the rover provides for certain " In particular, Zhurong can tilt the solar panels, which allows it to collect the maximum amount of sunlight, and there is also a special protective coating on the panels..

Not only Zhurong faced problems on Mars. NASA's InSight station is also struggling to generate enough solar power to keep it going.. But the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers can continue their journey on the surface of Mars regardless of the time of year, as they are powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators, such as nuclear energy..

Previously, the Martian helicopter Ingenuity recovered from a communication failure that occurred recently, and transmitted to Earth an image of a ridge on the Red Planet.. A helicopter took a picture of a rocky outcropping that has been named "