China launches first solo Mars mission days ahead of the U.S. attempt to reach the Red Planet

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China launched a major Mars mission, called Tianwen-1, on Thursday in what it hopes will become its first successful landing on the Red Planet.

It is China's first solo mission to Mars after a previous attempt with Russia failed several years ago.

A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on July 23, 2020.China launched a major Mars mission on Thursday in what it hopes will become its first successful landing on the Red Planet.

The mission, known as Tianwen -1 will see a rover, lander and orbiter launched aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island on Thursday. It is China's first solo mission to Mars after a previous attempt with Russia failed several years ago. China's Tianwen-1 will arrive at its destination seven months after launch. The orbiter will orbit Mars while the rover and lander will make a journey to the surface of the Red Planet.

 

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So sorry that Chinese and American relations broke down and the offer of the Chinese to give Donald Trump a ride broke down. He probably would have kept referring to Mars as the moon...

Now plz don’t spread covid-19 in mars!

Lol 90s all over again history does repeat

China is fraud

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