China lands the spacecraft on Mars According to state media, China has landed a spacecraft that had a vehicle on Mars, in another sign that shows its bold intentions in the field. The Rover was part of an unmanned Tianwen-1 manned mission in July last year. Tianwen means “questions for heaven” and was named after a poem by the Chinese poet Qu Yuan. The Chinese media described the mission as a “new milestone” and aimed at “China’s first step in planetary exploration of the solar system.” join the US successfully landing on the red planet. The Global Times reported that the Earth and the Tianwen-1 spacecraft arrived at a plain called Mars Utopia Planitia in the early hours of Saturday morning, citing information from China’s National Space Administration.