China marked a milestone today in its space race by successfully landing an explorer vehicle on the Martian surface on its first mission to the red planet, something that had only been achieved before, after several attempts, by the US and the extinct USSR, although it was not able to complete. the feat.
The explorer Zhurong – name of a god of fire in Chinese mythology – landed today at 07.18 local hours (23.18 GMT on Friday) on a plain of Utopia Planitia, in the northern hemisphere of the planet, after which he managed to send signals to Earth, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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