- Home >> Features >> Technology
China completes lander test for first Mars mission in 2020
- Friday | 15th November, 2019
HUAILAI, China (Reuters) – China on Thursday successfully completed a lander test in northern Hebei province ahead of an unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year. China is on track to launch its Mars mission in 2020, Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration, said on Thursday. Zhang was speaking ahead of the hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test for the lander. The test was conducted at a sprawling landing test site in Huailai, northwest of Beijing. China has developed the powerful Long March 5 rocket to transport the probe to Mars in 2020.
If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ
Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.
