China's Tianwen-1 mission has successfully landed on Mars

Last summer the China National Space Administration launched its Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, and today the country's news agencies like Xinhua and CGTN report the probe has landed. The mission consists of an orbiter, lander and a golf-cart sized rover. Dubbed Zhurong, the rover will now start to carry out imaging and self-inspections before it rolls out onto the planet's surface.

© Tingshu Wang / reutersA replica of the Tianwen-1 Mars rover is displayed during an exhibition inside the National Museum in Beijing, China March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Several countries have crashed trying to land rovers on Mars, but this should make CNSA the second agency, along with NASA, to have a working robot on the planet's surface.

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