Mars Touchdown News Today

14 May 2021, 10:05 pm Chinas most recent landing on the red planet hints that there is a development in its space exploration. After a seven-month-long drifting in space, the Tianwen-1 lander has finally touched down on Mars Utopia Planitia. The landing of the Zhurong rover marks Chinas historic feat as the third country to successfully arrive on the red planet. Apart from the hardships of the awaiting challenges along the spacecrafts journey, the three months of orbiting have come in a full ci...

14 May 2021, 06:05 am Chinas Tianwen-1 probe is eyeing for its "ambitious" touchdown on the red planet. The space flight was scheduled for Friday, May 14. If this attempt is successful, the East Asian country will be the third nation to land on Mars. The challenge in this mission is how will the Zhurong rover survive the "seven minutes of terror," the entry which involves the landing of the rover. Its unforeseen consequence is deemed to be faster than the signals speed from Mars to Earth. The C...