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May 15, 2021 · China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions. Science May 15, 2021 6:18 PM EDT. BEIJING — China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically...
May 15, 2021 · Published 1:27 AM PDT, May 15, 2021. BEIJING (AP) — China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space.
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May 15, 2021 · May 15, 2021. 5 min read. China Lands Tianwen-1 Rover on Mars in a Major First for the Country. Second only to the U.S. in a fully successful Mars landing, China is now set to explore the...
- Jonathan O'callaghan
Feb 10, 2021 · February 10, 2021 / 9:30 AM EST / CBS News. One day after UAE's Hope orbiter reached Mars, China's more ambitious Tianwen-1 spacecraft, carrying state-of-the-art instruments, a lander and a...
- CBS News Space Consultant
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- William Harwood
May 15, 2021 · May 14, 2021 / 9:30 PM EDT / CBS News. China's Zhurong Mars rover, mounted atop a rocket-powered lander, dropped away from its orbiting Tianwen-1 mothership Friday and descended to...
- CBS News Space Consultant
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- William Harwood
Dec 24, 2021 · 24 December 2021. Mars mission is China’s ‘first step’ in planetary exploration. Nature talks to Zhang Rongqiao, architect of the China National Space Administration’s Tianwen-1 mission,...
May 14, 2021 · Update 15 May 2021. China has landed its first rover on Mars — here’s what happens next. The Zhurong landing was the biggest test yet of China’s deep-space exploration capabilities....