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China successfully lands rover on Mars after ‘seven minutes of terror’ in new space race with US
Sarah Grealish
Updated: May 16 2021, 13:44 ET
Sarah Grealish
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CHINA S Mars rover has landed on the Red Planet after a treacherous descent through the Martian atmosphere using a parachute in seven minutes of terror .
Zhurong, named after a Chinese mythical fire god, arrives a few months behind America s latest probe to Mars - Perseverance - sparking a new space race with the US.
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The six-wheeled solar-powered rover is on a quest to collect and analyse rock samples from Mars surface.
The landing was a nail-biter for the China National Space Administration (CNSA), with state media describing the process of using a parachute to slow descent and buffer legs as the most challenging part of the mission . ....

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