Chinese spacecraft acquires images of entire planet of Mars
Beijing, China Reuters An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft has acquired imagery data covering all of Mars, including visuals of its south pole, after circling the planet more than 1,300 times since early last year, state media reported on Wednesday. China’s Tianwen-1 successfully reached the Red Planet in February, 2021, on the country’s inaugural mission there. A […]
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on surface of Mars
Beijing, ChinaReuters An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on the Southern Utopia Plain, “leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for […]
Essay: Mars 2020 – the hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious
In an article first published on The Conversation, MONICA GRADY, of The Open University, looks at what the latest missions to Mars are all about…