The Probe of Tianwen-1 enters the Mars Orbit

 On February 10, 2021, a Chinese spacecraft named "Ten Tian 1" successfully entered Mars orbit. The probe entered MARS orbit after 6 and a half months from Earth.

Highlights:

♦ This is China's first independent mission on the Red Planet. After arriving near the track, the robot probe started and completed the 15-minute combustion of the thruster.

♦ The combustion of the propeller slows the speed of the spacecraft, so it can be captured by the gravity of Mars.

♦ The Astro One mission will attempt to send the landing module, which is rapidly descending for 7 minutes to carry a 240 kg rover. The rover will be sent to the northern hemisphere of Mars, called Utopia.

♦ After the successful landing of the rover, the solar-powered rover will explore the surface of Mars for 90 days. Wanderers will study the soil and study whether there are signs of ancient life there. It can also track groundwater and ice using ground-penetrating radar.

♦ Tianwen-1 is an interplanetary mission of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). According to the mission, the Chinese Space Administration sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars. 

♦ The spacecraft was successfully launched at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on July 23, 2020. It was launched from the heavy launch vehicle of the Long March on May 5. The spacecraft was named Tianwen-1, which means a Chinese poem written two thousand years ago. This is China's first independent MARS mission after the failure of the probe jointly launched by China and Russia in 2011.