03 August 2020
People will get a closer look at Mars early next year when Tianwen 1 probe arrives at the Red Planet and the landing will be initiated. Some photos and videos will be captured by the Mars Landing Surveillance Camera, developed by scientists at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. When the lander of Tianwen 1 descends to the Martian surface, its 390 g-camera will start to take photos despite the extremely low temperature. The engineers who developed the camera faced the challenge of building a multifunctional device that is as light as possible, said Yung Kai-leung, leader of the 20 member-team and chair professor of precision engineering at the PolyU.
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