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2021-05-15 10:14:37 GMT2021-05-15 18:14:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English China on Saturday landed its Mars probe, Tianwen-1, on the red planet, ushering in a new chapter of Chinas deep space exploration and marking another contribution to humanitys exploration of the universe. Mars has captured humanitys collective imagination for generations. Ancient Chinese paid special attention to Mars. They were confused by its irregular and unpredictable movements, which were taken as an omen of nat...

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 Utopia Planitia region of the Red Planet’s surface Print Illustration of China’s Tianwen-1 lander and accompanying Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: Xinhua News Agency Advertisement And then there were two: today China says it safely landed a spacecraft on Mars—for the first time in its history and in its first attemp...

The Zhurong rover will, among other things, hunt for biosignatures for any past life or habitability on the planet.

Daily Times Six-wheel solar-powered spacecraft carries six scientific instruments   China’s Zhurong spacecraft, carrying six scientific instruments, landed successfully on the surface of Mars, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the red planet, local and foreign media reported on Saturday. The six-wheel solar-powered Zhurong, named after a ‘god of fire’ in Chinese mythology, landed at the pre-selected area in Utopia Planitia on Mars, the Xinhua ...

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

China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft completes the historic Mars landing on Space News The solar-powered vehicle called Zoverong will now explore the landing site before leaving its platform for inspections. A Chinese unmanned spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, the Xinhua news agency reported, China has become the second spacecraft to land on a red planet after the United States. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a wide plain site called Utopia Planitia, “leaving a ...

The United States now has company on Mars. A Chinese spacecraft descended through the thin Martian atmosphere and landed safely on a large plain on Saturday morning, state media reported, accomplishing a feat that only two other nations had before. (In the United States, it was still Friday — 7:18 p.m. Eastern time — when the spacecraft touched down.) The landing follows China’s launch last month of the core module of a new orbiting space station, as well as a successful mission...

China lands its rover on Mars PTI Beijing | Updated on × Tianwen-1, launched on July 23, 2020, aimed at orbiting, landing, and roving — all in one mission — on the red planet China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars after surviving "nine minutes of terror", the official media announced on Saturday, becoming the second country in history to have a rover on the red planet. The rover, Zhurong, named after a god of fire and war in Chinese mythology, landed at the pre-selected area i...

China's rover successfully touched down on Mars on Friday, giving the United States' rover some company. Read more on Boston.com