December 23, 2024

China’s Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter takes amazing video selfie for lunar New Year

Chinas Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter is as soon as again providing sensational images, with a brand-new video launched to celebrate the lunar New Year.The 38-second clip shows shadows and sunshine moving throughout the body of Tianwen 1, with the sunlight triggering insulation to move slightly due to thermal growth. The brand-new video comes thanks to a space selfie stick, extended out from the spacecraft to catch video footage.Related: The newest news about Chinas space programScreenshot from a recently launched video selfie taken by Chinas Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter. Tianwen 1, Chinas very first completely homegrown interplanetary mission, shown up in Mars orbit in February 2021.