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It’s New Year’s Day On Mars. Here’s Why The ‘Red Planet’ Is In For A Busy First Week As 3 Spacecraft Approach – Forbes

Three spacecraft are about to go into orbit with NASA’s “Perseverance” mission trailing China’s “Tianwen-1” and the UAE’s “Hope” spacecraft.

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Happy New Mars Year! Today is equinox on Mars, and the beginning of a new “year 36” on Mars.
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Happy New Mars Year! Today is equinox on Mars, and the beginning of a new year on Marsand its going to be a very busy first week. 
Why does equinox mean the beginning of a Martian year? What is the Mars 2020 mission? And when is the next Mars landing? 
Heres everything you need to know about the martian Year 36, how a year works on Mars as three spacecraft get captured by the red planet and go into…

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