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May 15, 2021 · Pic: AP. China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time, becoming the third country to arrive on the Red Planet. The Tianwen-1 vessel has touched down in an icy area of Mars known as ...
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- Connor Sephton
Feb 10, 2021 · China has successfully sent two rovers to the moon, including one that landed on the never-before-visited far side. An attempt to send an orbiter to Mars atop a Russian rocket in 2011 ended in ...
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- William Harwood
May 14, 2021 · The United States now has company on Mars. A Chinese spacecraft descended through the thin Martian atmosphere and landed safely on a large plain on Saturday morning, state media reported ...
Zhurong ( Chinese: 祝融; pinyin: Zhùróng) is a Chinese rover on Mars, the country's first to land on another planet after it previously landed two rovers on the Moon. The rover is part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars conducted by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The spacecraft was launched on 23 July 2020 and inserted into ...
Dec 24, 2021 · Tianwen-1 is the first step in China’s exploration of the planets, which will be followed by asteroid exploration, a Mars sample-return mission and a fly-by of Jupiter and its moons. Technology ...
May 15, 2021 · China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program. The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday, May 15, that the lander had touched down ...
May 15, 2021 · In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, members at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center celebrate after China's Tianwen-1 probe successfully landed on Mars, at the center in Beijing on Saturday.
