The Chinese government announced on the night of the 10th that the spacecraft launched last July has reached the orbit of Mars.
In the future, we plan to land on Mars and conduct a survey, and since it will be 100 years since the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, it seems that we would like to help raise national prestige.
On the night of the 10th, the National Space Agency of China announced that the spacecraft "Tianwen-1" launched in July last year has reached the orbit of Mars.
This is the first time China has launched a Mars probe, and it plans to land on Mars from May to June to investigate topography, geological structure, and surface soil characteristics.
China, which aims to become a "space powerhouse" that leads the world's space development, collected lunar rocks for the first time in 44 years following the United States and the former Soviet Union with an unmanned lunar explorer last year, and brought them back to Earth. Since the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party will be celebrated in July, it seems that we would like to connect the Mars exploration plan to the rise of national prestige.
Regarding Mars exploration, each country launched a spacecraft last year at the timing when the distance between the earth and Mars approached, and the UAE = Arab Emirates spacecraft reached the orbit of Mars on the 9th of the previous day. , NASA = NASA spacecraft is expected to land on Mars later this month.