China marching to Mars for humanity's better shared future

China marching to Mars for humanity's better shared future

Space Daily

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Beijing (XNA) Jul 24, 2020

With the carrier rocket Long March-5 lifting off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Thursday, China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 has embarked on its maiden voyage to brave the challenge of orbiting, landing and deploying a rover on the red planet in one single mission. "Tianwen," the name of China's Martian exploration project, comes from the long poem "Tianwen," meaning Heavenly Questi

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