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Tianwen-1: China’s first Mars mission

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-III – Space; Science and Technology

In News:

In July, China will launch its first Mars mission, the ‘Tianwen-1’.
It is expected to land on Mars in the first quarter of 2021.

Key takeaways

Tianwen-1 is an all-in-one orbiter, lander and rover.
It will search the Martian surface for water, ice, investigate soil characteristics, and study the atmosphere.
The Tianwen-1 mission will lift off on a Long March 5 rocket.
If the mission is successful, China will become the third country to achieve a Mars landing after the USSR and the United States.
Around the same time in July, NASA will also launch its own Mars mission– ‘Perseverance’.
It aims to collect Martian samples and bring them back to Earth in a two-part campaign.

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