China’s Tianwen-1 Lander Touches Down On Martian Surface

Credit: CNSA illustration
China has become the third nation after the U.S. and the Soviet Union to land a spacecraft on Mars. The Chinese lander touched down at 7:18 p.m. EDT on May 14 on the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a 3,300-km-wide (2,051-mi.) plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere, according to the China National...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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