First All-Chinese Mars Mission To Deploy Rover

July 10, 2020
Mars rover
The Tianwen 1 rover, as depicted around the time of project launch in 2016.
Credit: Chinese government
Describing their upcoming mission to Mars, Chinese space program managers stress two points: China will be the first country to try orbiting, landing and roving on its first flight to the planet; and landing on it is difficult. Tianwen 1 has a four-phase entry, descent and landing process Ground...

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