China releases 1st footage of space probe entering Mars’ orbit 2hr – PressTV

China’s space agency on Friday (February 12) released two videos showing its Tianwen-1 probe entering the orbit of Mars earlier this week, saying the spacecraft was sending its Lunar New Year greetings back from the red planet.
After a 6-1/2 month journey through space, the Tianwen-1 on Wednesday (February 10) slowed to a speed at which it could be captured by the pull of Mars’ gravity and became the second spacecraft to reach the planet this month, with a US probe set to arrive and immediately…

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