CHINA ANNOUNCES NAME OF ITS 1ST MARS ROVER: ZHURONG

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• China announces name of its 1ST Mars rover: Zhurong.
• The name of the Mars rover is said to be named after a Chinese fire god.
• The Mars rover is aboard the Tianwen-1 probe.
• Tianwen-1's goals include analyzin...

CHINESE SPACECRAFT TAKES A SHOT AT MARS LANDING IN RACE WITH US AND UAE

• A Chinese spacecraft is expected to attempt a landing on Mars in May, state-run media reported on Thursday, citing a space agency official.
• The spacecraft, which departed from Earth in July, is all set to land in Utopia Planitia, a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars, the ...