Tuesday, February 23, 2021

China's Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover February 23, 2021 at 06:20PM

China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of landing a rover on the red planet in the coming months. The China National Space Administration said the spacecraft executed a maneuver to adjust its orbit early Wednesday morning Beijing time and will remain in the new orbit for about the next three months before attempting to land.

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