China becomes second nation to successfully land spacecraft on Mars

[rayg]

Only an artists rendition but if true! It's a big step for China while the US concentrates on internal problems like the color of people more then intelligence qualifications..Be advised we're speaking intelligence, and as such, I not speaking speaking about myself as I am lucky enough to know what 2 times 2 is, Lol

China becomes second nation to successfully land spacecraft on Mars after Tianwen-1 touches down on Red Planet three months after NASA's latest rover
China's state media reported that the spacecraft touched down at what was 7.18pm Eastern time in the United States on Friday

Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before exploring an icy area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia
The rover will join an American rover that arrived at the red planet in February

China's rover is named Zhurong after a god of fire in Chinese folk tales

Just hours after China made its landing, Dmitry Rogozin - the director general of the Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation tweeted congratulations to China
He also said: 'Next year, the Russian-European ExoMars mission will be sent'

Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science, congratulated China on its technically challenging feat in a message posted to Twitter
Chinese President Xi Jinping called the landing 'an important step in our country's interplanetary exploration journey'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-program.html

[togor]

I guess we all gotta start learning Mandarin, and Martian.

[JB White]

Nah. All those Martian chop suey joints will understand English as will their Mexican cooks.

[lyman]

[Johnny P]

The last Chinese space probe landed somewhere off the Maldives.