The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
China has released a selfie taken by its Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars, in celebration of its first month on the Red Planet. Zhurong can be seen with its landing platform in the background adorned with the Chinese flag, from which the rover rolled off at the end of May to begin its … Read more
The China National Space Administration has released the first photos of the Martian surface taken by its Zhurong rover. The front view of the rover, captured in black and white, shows the flat landscape of Utopia Planitia, which appears slightly curved in the horizon. The second shot, showing the rear of the spacecraft, is in … Read more
China is set to land its Zhurong rover, currently strapped to the Tianwen-1 orbiter, on Mars ‘in the next five days ‘as part of the country’s first interplanetary mission, Beijing’s space agency said Friday. Zhurong, named after an ancient god of fire, is tucked in the belly of China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft that entered parking orbit around Mars in … Read more
China is set to land its Zhurong rover, currently strapped to the Tianwen-1 orbiter, on Mars tonight as part of the country’s first interplanetary mission. Officials revealed Thursday that the capsule will embark on its ‘seven minutes of terror’ around 19:11 ET (00:11 BST), enduring the same tumultuous conditions NASA’s Perseverance rover went through to land … Read more
China is set to land its Zhurong rover on Mars on Friday as part of the country’s first interplanetary mission. Officials revealed Thursday that the capsule will embark on its ‘seven minutes of terror’ around 7:11pm ET, which is the same tumultuous conditions endured by NASA’s Perseverance rover earlier this year. Zhurong, named after an … Read more