China lands its first probe on Mars
Kathmandu, May 15. China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday morning that China’s first probe has landed on Mars.
Zhang Kejian, head of the CNSA said, “The Mars exploration mission has been a total success. It’s another important milestone for China’s space exploration.”
The Tianwen-1 probe touched down at its pre-selected landing area in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain on the northern hemisphere of Mars, at 7:18 a.m. (Beijing Time). This is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet besides Earth. The name Tianwen, meaning Questions to Heaven, comes from a poem written by the ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan (about 340-278 BC).
Tianwen-1, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China’s island province of Hainan on July 23, 2020.
To receive data from the red planet, China has constructed Asia’s largest steerable radio telescope with an antenna 70 meters in diameter in Wuqing District, Tianjin.
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