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UAE and Chinese spacecraft safely enter Martian orbit – WSWS
The orbital insertion is an important stage in the process of solar system exploration.
Two missions to Mars successfully entered orbit around the fourth planet in the solar system this week: the Hope spacecraft built by the United Arab Emirates and launched by Japan from the Tanegashima Space Center, on February 9, and the Tianwen-1 (heavenly questions) launched by China from the countrys Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, on February 10.
Artists conception of the Tianwen-1 rover getting ready to deploy across the surface of Mars. Credit: China New Service/Wikimedia Commons
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