China’s Tianwan-1 enters Mars’s “resting orbit”

On Wednesday, China’s official media reported. China’s Tianwan-1 has entered a “resting orbit” around Mars. The spacecraft will remain at this orbit for about three months before sending it to the surface of Mars

China National Space Agency (CNSA) said Yan Tianwan-1 Moved into that orbit early on Wednesday morning. Beijing local time.

The equipment of the vehicle includes Space transport Spaceship for landing And the Mars surface rover By while in that orbit Yan Tianwan-1 Will map the surface of Mars and collect additional information Especially the area where the landing craft will be sent

Tan Ziyun, Deputy Chief Designer of Tian Wan-1 Said to the CCTV television station that This craft will take pictures of areas likely to land. And analyze terrain data The possibility of dust storms And other factors to help scientists prepare for a safe landing on the Martian surface in May or June.

Yan Tianwan-1 It began orbiting Mars on February 10, after about seven months of traveling from Earth. Before that one day Space carrier from the United Arab Emirates Reached the orbit of Mars And last week Perseverance probe (Persevarance) of the US NASA. Successfully landed on Mars

All three Mars exploration missions started in July. By taking advantage of the period that Mars orbits near the earth This is a phenomenon that occurs once every two years.

China’s Yantianwan-1 is China’s largest military-related space program. This project first brought astronauts into orbit around the Earth in 1957. 2003 and last year It brought the rock from the moon to Earth for the first time since the 1970s and in AD. China will also be the first country to land an unexplored remote lunar probe.

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