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5/14/21

China Space Exploration: China successfully lands Mars rover Zhu Rong after ‘nine minutes of terror’

After seven months of space travel, three months orbiting and “nine minutes of terror”, China has become the third country in the world to safely land a rover on Mars.

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said in a statement that its rover Zhu Rong – named after the Chinese mythical god of fire and war – had successfully landed on Mars on Saturday after “nine minutes of terror”: Nasa’s name for the time interval when engineers on Earth have no control or oversight of the rover because of a radio signal delay.

Read More at: China successfully lands Mars rover Zhu Rong after ‘nine minutes of terror’ | South China Morning Post

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