China succeeds in first Mars landing

Published on 16 May 2021 9:26:09 PM

A Chinese spacecraft streaked down through the Martian sky on Saturday, becoming the country's first probe to land on a planet other than Earth.

Mars rover touched down at its pre-selected landing area in the southern part of Utopia Planitia on the northern hemisphere of Mars, at 7:18 a.m. (Beijing Time), the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.

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