The China National Space Administration announced, on the 17th of May 2021, that the Tianwen 1 mission landed the Zhurong rover on Mars, with the landing taking place on the 15th of May 2021. What independent evidence exists for this landing? 'Independent' here means 'not sourced from China'.
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2$\begingroup$ I don't see the point of posting a question that you know is a duplicate. $\endgroup$– Organic MarbleCommented Jun 11, 2021 at 17:25
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1$\begingroup$ @DavidHammen as I said, I'm recusing myself from voting on this. Have at it! I upvoted tfb's fine answer on the other question. $\endgroup$– Organic MarbleCommented Jun 11, 2021 at 19:04
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1$\begingroup$ IMO the tour page emphasizes upvoted answers over accepted ones $\endgroup$– BrendanLuke15Commented Jun 11, 2021 at 22:10
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5$\begingroup$ Does this answer your question? Is there independent evidence that China landed a robot on Mars in May 2021? Seeing as the other question and its answers are much more detailed than this, there is no reason to consider closing it as a duplicate of this. $\endgroup$– curiousdanniiCommented Jun 12, 2021 at 1:21
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2$\begingroup$ Relevant meta question: Should old questions by a deleted user be re-asked so someone can choose the accepted answer? $\endgroup$– DrSheldonCommented Jun 12, 2021 at 5:28
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This image from HiRISE shows the landing site of the Zhurong rover on Mars and the rover itself. See also BBC page which has the same image, as well as this Nature article
These images originate from a NASA orbiter, which I believe makes them independent.
I think this is extremely convincing evidence.
