Arrival at Mars: NASA, China and the UAE reach the red planet this month
NASA's Perseverance, China's Tianwen-1 and UAE's Hope arrive at Mars this month CNET 2/7/2021 © Provided by CNET En route to Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech July 2020 was a huge month for Mars. Taking advantage of its nearby position in orbit, three missions departed the Earth on a seven-month journey to the red planet. Now those spacecraft -- NASA's Perseverance rover, the Chinese space agency's Tianwen-1 and the United Arab Emirates' Hope -- are arriving at their destination. They're poised to uncover the secrets our celestial neighbor hides within its atmosphere and barren plains and may even ...
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