China becomes second nation to successfully land spacecraft on Mars


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China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Friday, making it the second nation to successfully land on Mars after the Tianwen-1 touched down on the Red Planet three months after NASA's latest rover. China's state media reported that the spacecraft touched down at what was 7.18pm Eastern time in the United States on Friday. Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling down a ramp to explore an icy area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia - the same area once traversed by NASA's 1976...