China Joins The Mars Club

Irene Klotz February 10, 2021
The first image of Mars returned by China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft, taken on Feb. 5 at a distance of about 1.4 million mi. from Mars.
Credit: CNSA
China’s Tianwen-1 mother ship arrived in Martian orbit on Feb. 10, setting the stage for a multi-spacecraft exploration initiative during the country’s first visit to the red planet. Tianwen-1 wrapped up a seven-month, 300-million-mi. (475-million-km) journey at about 7:07 a.m. EST, becoming the...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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