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China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission in photos
Here’s how it works. China's first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, will arrive in orbit at the Red Planet on Feb. 10, 2021. Tianwen-1 consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover.
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China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission is arriving at the red planet: What you need to know
says the Tianwen-1 hasthag on Weibo generated 29,000 tweets and 150 million reads in the week prior to launch. Ye notes it's not unusual for China to be quiet before the mission, but also says ...
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China's ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars mission — involving an orbiter, lander, and rover — just reached the red planet
Tianwen-1 will take on those odds in May, when the orbiter is supposed to drop the mission's lander-rover combo down to the planet's surface. It will be a major test of China's aerospace ...
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China's first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, successfully enters orbit around Red Planet
Here’s how it works. China has made it to Mars. The nation's first fully homegrown Mars mission, Tianwen-1, arrived in orbit around the Red Planet today (Feb. 10), according to Chinese media ...
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China's Tianwen-2 mission targets asteroid and comet studies
China has launched the ambitious Tianwen-2 mission aimed at studying the asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa. The mission is set to ...
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China’s Tianwen-1 Mission Successfully Begins Mars Orbit
Tianwen-1’s successful orbit marks the latest success for China’s swiftly developing space program. In late 2020, the Chang’e-5 mission collected rocks from the seldom-explored far side of ...
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Tianwen-1, China’s mission to Mars, has entered orbit
With Tianwen-1, China is the first nation to attempt sending both an orbiter and a rover on its first homegrown Mars mission. According to the scientific team behind the mission, the probe ...
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China launches Tianwen-2 to chase Moon-origin asteroid, explore hybrid comet
China has launched its most ambitious deep space mission yet. On Wednesday, the Tianwen-2 probe lifted off atop a Long March ...
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China’s Mars mission named Tianwen-1, appears on track for July launch
HELSINKI — China has named its first independent interplanetary mission Tianwen-1, with the combined Mars orbiter and rover spacecraft apparently proceeding towards launch in July. The name and ...
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China’s Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Begins Its Monthslong Journey
“The Tianwen-1 mission is a major landmark project in the process of building China’s space power and a milestone project for China’s aerospace to go further and deeper into space,” the ...