EXPLAINER: What is China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission?

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China’s space scientists have completed a rare feat by landing a rover on the red planet. The mission is part of a bigger program to explore worlds beyond Earth.

The landing of the Zhu Rong rover on Mars is a milestone for China's space programme, signalling advances in the country's technology. China is the third country to achieve such a feat.The Tianwen-1 probe carrying the Zhu Rong rover lifted off from a launchpad in the southern province of Hainan on July 23 last year. On February 10, the probe went into orbit around Mars, becoming the first Chinese satellite to do so.

Once the rover's mission is completed, the orbiter will spend up to two years on other space exploration tasks.The landing on Saturday makes China the third country after the United States and the former Soviet Union to achieve such a feat. State news agency Xinhua said the mission represented advances for China in launch, interplanetary flight and communications technology.

 

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