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China says its first Mars rover Zhurong has landed on the Red Planet

An important step in our country’s interstellar exploration journey – state media Katyanna Quach Fri 14 May 2021 // 22:37 UTC Share Copy Updated China s Zhurong rover today touched down on Mars from the Tianwen-1 orbiter, the nation s state media says. We re told the machine will take carry out self-tests, and try to move itself to explore the Red Planet s surface. On May 15, our country’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, landed in a pre-selected landing zone in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars, leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time. It marks an important step in our country’s interstellar exploration journey, Xinhua reported at 0837 in Beijing (1737 PT, 0037 UTC).

China Second to Land Spacecraft on the Red Planet

China Lands Tianwen-1 Rover on Mars in a Major First for the Country

China Lands Tianwen-1 Rover on Mars in a Major First for the Country Second only to the U.S. in a fully successful Mars landing, China is now set to explore the Utopia Planitia region of the Red Planet’s surface Print Illustration of China’s Tianwen-1 lander and accompanying Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: Xinhua News Agency Advertisement And then there were two: today China says it safely landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in its history and in its first attempt becoming the only other nation besides the U.S. to achieve such a feat. Its Zhurong rover, named after a god of fire from Chinese folklore, successfully touched down in Utopia Planitia around 7:18 P.M. EST as part of the Tianwen-1 mission, according to the China National Space Administration.

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