Mars probe Tianwen 1 leaves Chinese mark on red planet


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Mars probe Tianwen 1 leaves Chinese mark on red planet By Yu Jianbin ( People's Daily ) 09:19, May 18, 2021 “The landing left a Chinese mark on Mars for the first time. It is another landmark progress in China’s space industry development,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping in a congratulatory letter on the successful landing of China’s first probe on Mars. Photo shows the Chinese Mars rover Zhurong. (Photo from the official page of the rover on microblogging site Weibo) After nine months of journey and the “nine minutes of terror of deceleration, the probe Tianwen 1 successfully landed...