SunStar
May 07, 2021
WELCOME to the space race! There is no denial that even as the world grapples with a pandemic, China and the US are advancing space exploration through different initiatives. Earlier this year, Mars became the site of competition. The planet is overcrowded with orbiters, namely Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Orbiter Mission, MAVEN, the Trace Gas Orbiter, the Tianwen-1 orbiter and the Hope Mars Mission. That does not include the two rovers on the surface -- Nasa’s Curiosity and Perseverance.
The Global Times, a daily tabloid newspaper under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship People’s Daily newspaper, said that the Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, left the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province on April 29, 2021.