Friday, February 10, 2023

Tianwen-1, Chinese spacecraft, reaches Mars 2021



Launched in July 2020, Tianwen-1, an interplanetary mission by the Chinese National Space Administration, successfully reached Mars February 10, 2021.  The spacecraft carried two deployable cameras, a lander, a remote camera, and the Zhurong rover.  

Tianwen-1 arrived just one day after the United Arab Emirates Space Agency's Hope orbiter.


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