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BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- China first Mars rover, Zhurong, has driven down from its landing platform to the Martian surface, the China National Space Administ
GLOBALink | Timeline of China's first Mars mission Xinhua 17 May 2021, 22:05 GMT+10 BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 has successfully landed on the surface of the red planet, leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time. Click for a timeline of China's first Mars mission. Produced by Xinhua Global Service
Russian space corporation praises China's first Mars landing Xinhua 15 May 2021, 18:18 GMT+10 MOSCOW, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The landing of China's spacecraft on the surface of Mars is "a great success" of China's fundamental space research program, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, on Saturday. "Roscosmos welcomes the resumption of exploration of the planets of the solar system by the leading space powers," Rogozin said in a statement. While mentioning that the Russian-European ExoMars mission will be launched next year, Rogozin reiterated Russia's intent...
Update: China succeeds in first Mars landing Xinhua © Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The lander carrying China's 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 the success was confirmed, the control center in Beijing was filled with cheers and applause. "It's a...