The Chinese space module successfully landed on Mars. This was announced on Saturday by the state agency New China with reference to the Chinese National Space Agency CNSA. The module contains a robotic vehicle that should examine the surface of the planet.
“China has left its mark on Mars for the first time,” the New China news agency reported. She described the landing on Mars as an important step in China’s space program.
The robotic truck weighs about 240 kilograms. It has six wheels and four solar collectors. It can move around the surface of Mars at a speed of 200 meters per hour, the DPA agency wrote.
A robotic explorer of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) landed successfully on Mars in February.
The United States has made nine successful landings on Mars since 1976. The Soviet Union landed on Mars in 1971, but its mission failed because the module stopped transmitting information soon after contact with the planet’s surface, the AP agency reported.
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