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Chinese Spacecraft Tianwen-1 To Enter Mars Orbit On February 10: CNSA
Chinese Mars orbiter and rover, Tianwen-1, are speeding toward the Red Planet and preparing to arrive on February 10, according to CNSA.
China National Space Administration recently informed that its Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter and rover are speeding toward the Red Planet and preparing to arrive on February 10. Tianwen-1 which translates to questions to heaven was launched on a Long March 5 rocket back in July 2020 from Wenchang on Hainan Island. According to CNSA, on January 3, the spacecraft was approximately 130 kilometres from Earth and nearly 8.3 kilometres from Mars.
Now, as all systems are working normally, the spacecraft is expected to enter Mars orbit in February. It will perform a burn of its engines to slow it down enough to be captured by Mars’ gravitational pull. According to China s CCTV news network, the CNSA has said that Tianwen-1 will be about 190 km away from the Earth
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, recovery crew members film the capsule of the Chang e 5 probe after its successful landed in Siziwang district, north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years.
Ren Junchuan - foreign subscriber, Xinhua Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks A Chinese space capsule has returned to Earth with the first fresh rock samples from the moon in more than 40 years
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China roadmaps ambitious space projects, starting with 11 launches in next two years
By Deng Xiaoci Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/18 18:28:48 Last Updated: 2020/12/19 0:36:30 Space station building focus on next two years’ schedule
China s Chang e-5 successfully landed at its designated landing area in Siwangzi Banner, N China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region around 2 am Thursday, carrying around 2 kgs of lunar samples. Photos show workers checking craft s status. Photo: Our Space/ Wang Jiangbo
Closely following the complete success of Chang e-5 lunar sample return mission on Thursday, China s National Space Administration (CNSA) disclosed plans for a slew of ambitious space projects that include a new three-step plan for the country s future moon and deeper space exploration missions, which Wu Yanhua, the CNSA deputy head, referred to as surveying, constructing, and exploiting, as opposed to the already conquered goals of orbiting, landing and returning.
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