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China’s Mars probe to reach Mars orbit on Feb.10 – ecns
The probe of China’s first Mars mission Tianwen-1 is due to enter Mars orbit on February 10, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on Wednesday….
The probe of China’s first Mars mission Tianwen-1 is due to enter Mars orbit on February 10, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on Wednesday.
The probe will conduct a “braking” maneuver to slow itself down so that it can be captured by Mars’ gravity.
As of 6 a.m. January 3, the probe had traveled over 400 million kilometers after 163 days in space, and was at a distance of around 130 million kilometers from Earth and 8.3 million kilometers from Mars.
The 5-ton probe consists…
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