FACTBOX: Missions to Mars – Bangkok Post

Current international missions to Mars:
China is scheduled to launch an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday, aiming to demonstrate its technological prowess with its first independent mission to visit another planet.
– China’s unmanned Mars probe, named Tianwen-1 after “Tianwen”, or “Questions to Heaven”, comprises an orbiter, lander and rover to be delivered by the powerful Long March 5 rocket. If successful, it will make China the first country to orbit, land and deploy a rover in its inaugur…

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