[feb]Tianwen-1 Flashcards
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China’s first Mars probe is called Tianwen-1 (formerly Huoxing 1).
The spacecraft consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover.
Launched last year on a Long March 5 rocket from Xichang, China.
Landing site: Somewhere in Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in Mars’ northern latitudes and the same place NASA’s Viking 2 mission landed in the 1970s.
If the mission is successful, China will become the third country to achieve a Mars landing after the USSR and the United States.
