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China successfully launched its ambitious Mars mission from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan. Ac… Read More
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A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space La… Read More
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The Chinese Mars mission is named Tianwen-1 (“Questions to Heaven”) — a nod to a classical poem that has verses about the cosmos. (R… Read More
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A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space La… Read More
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A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space La… Read More
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A Long March-5 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan Province… Read More
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The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned Mars probe of the Tianwen-1 mission, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wench… Read More
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A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space La… Read More
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The five-tonne Tianwen-1 is expected to arrive in February 2021 after a seven-month, 55-million-kilometre (34-million-mile) voyage. (… Read More
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The mission includes a Mars orbiter, a lander and a rover that will study the planet’s soil. (Reuters)
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A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space La… Read More
