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Deng Xiaoci and Fan Anqi Published: Feb 18, 2021 08:13 PM Updated: Feb 18, 2021 11:48 PM
Photo: twitter account of NASA s Perseverance Mars RoveFollowing the Hope orbiter from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Tianwen-1 Mars probe from China, US NASA s Perseverance rover is homing in on the Red Planet and is expected to perform a most precise landing on Earth s neighbor on Thursday.
Nicknamed Percy, the US explorer - believed to be NASA s most advanced explorer to date - will land itself on Thursday. According to CNN, it has received commands and is ready to go, the mission team confirmed on Wednesday.
PLA Xinjiang Military Command commissions Z-20 helicopter, vows to safeguard western border
Cao Siqi Published: Feb 08, 2021 09:34 PM
A Z-20 utility helicopter is on display prior to the 5th China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin on October 9, 2019. Photo: Xu Luming/GT
The People s Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command has commissioned China s newly developed, plateau-capable utility helicopter, the Z-20. Observers noticed on Monday that the choppers seem to have modified engines that could boost their performance and survivability.
The command troops vowed to safeguard China s western border after recently conducting helicopter exercises over Pangong Tso on the China-India border Line of Actual Control (LAC).
CHINA / SOCIETY By Fan Anqi Published: Feb 04, 2021 06:20 PM
The deep space antenna array system at a ground station in Kashi, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Photo: Xi an Satellite Control Center
The China-developed 70-meter diameter reflector antenna, the largest in Asia, completed acceptance checks on Thursday and is ready to be put to use for the country’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, which is approaching the Red Planet and is expected to enter its gravity soon.
The antenna, specifically designed for the Mars exploration project, is tasked with receiving data from Tianwen-1 some 400 million kilometers away from Earth, playing a crucial role in the mission, experts noted.