After seven months of space travel, three months orbiting and “nine minutes of terror”, China has become the third country in the world to safely land a rover on Mars.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said in a statement that its rover Zhu Rong – named after the Chinese mythical god of fire and war
– had successfully landed on Mars on Saturday after “nine minutes of terror”: Nasa’s name for the time interval when engineers on Earth have no control or oversight of the rover because of a radio signal delay.
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USA: NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars
It's a big day for space exploration, as NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on Mars Thursday afternoon just before 4 p.m. ET.
Some of the first images from the rover are already being sent back to Earth.
It's a monumental landing as many rovers since 1960 have failed to successfully land on the Red Planet.
Read more at: NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars | CBC News
Some of the first images from the rover are already being sent back to Earth.
It's a monumental landing as many rovers since 1960 have failed to successfully land on the Red Planet.
Read more at: NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars | CBC News
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