Page 6 - Space Program Center News Today

Xinhua Headlines: Chinas first Mars rover starts exploring red planet 22 May 2021, 21:55 GMT+10 -- Chinas first Mars rover, Zhurong, drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface Saturday, leaving the countrys first "footprints" on the red planet. -- With an expected lifespan of at least 90 Martian days (about three months on Earth), Zhurong will record the Martian landscape with high-resolution three-dimensional images, analyze the material composition of the planets surface, det...

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua): Chinas first Mars rover, Zhurong, drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface on Saturday, leaving the countrys first "footprints" on the red planet. Zhurongs first successful drive made China the second country after the United States to land and operate a rover on Mars. The six-wheeled solar-powered rover, resembling a blue butterfly and with a mass of 240 kg, slowly trundled off a ramp on the lander to hit the red, sandy soil of Mars,...

China becomes the third country to land on the surface of Mars An artists impression of the Tianwen-1 lander module touching down on Mars China National Space Administration China National Space Administration China has taken another big step forward in its ambitious space program, successfully landing its Tianwen-1 probe on Mars to become just the third nation to touch down on the Red Planet. Onboard is the countrys Zhurong lander, which is currently surveying the surrounding environme...

The lander carrying Chinas first Mars rover has successfully touched down on the red planet early Saturday morning Beijing Time.

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that Tianwen, Chinas first Mars rover, has landed on Mars. President Xi Jinping has also expressed his congratulations to everyone.

news Xinhua Headlines: China succeeds in first Mars landing Yu Fei,Quan Xiaoshu,Li Mi,Liu Xin Xinhua Headlines: China succeeds in first Mars landing Replay Video UP NEXT -- A Chinese spacecraft streaked down through the Martian sky on Saturday, becoming the countrys first probe to land on a planet other than Earth. -- It is the first time in the world that orbiting and landing on Mars is completed in one launch mission. -- After flying for approximately three hours, the entry c...

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The lander carrying China first Mars rover has touched down on the red planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confir

China succeeds in first Mars landing It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth By IANS|   Posted by Minhaj Adnan  |   Published: 15th May 2021 1:23 pm IST Beijing: The lander carrying China’s first Mars rover has touched down on the Red Planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday. It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth, reports Xinhua news agency. “The Mars exploration mission has been ...

By Xinhua writers Yu Fei, Quan Xiaoshu and Li Mi BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese spacecraft streaked down through the Martian sky on Saturday, becoming th

Update: China succeeds in first Mars landing Xinhua © Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The lander carrying Chinas first Mars rover has touched down on the red planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday morning. It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth. "The Mars landing of the Tianwen-1 mission has been a total success," Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA, announced at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. After th...