China lands spacecraft on Mars for first time

  • China

  • Saturday, 15 May 2021

BEIJING, May 15 (dpa): China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time, state news agency Xinhua reported.

The landing module of the Tianwen-1 spacecraft touched down on the surface of the Red Planet on Saturday morning (May 14) with the Zhurong rover on board.

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