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The Chinese Mars lander: How Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet

This phase of the mission, known as entry-descent-landing, is the most critical. Previous missions have used several different ways of Martian atmospheric entry. Perfecting entry to Mars' atmosphere ...

China's 1st Mars rover 'Zhurong' lands on the Red Planet

Much like during NASA's Perseverance rover landing, Tianwen-1's landing platform fired some small, downward-facing rocket engines to slow down during the last few seconds of its descent. The China National ...

Space launch traffic may influence mysterious night-shining clouds in Earth's atmosphere

A NASA-funded study is giving scientists insight into how "night-shining clouds" form in the upper atmosphere — and the role that growing space traffic plays in the phenomenon. Scientists have known about these high-flying clouds since at least the late ...

Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity fly in 3D (video)

NASA shared an amazing 3D video of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity's third successful flight on the Red Planet. During the little chopper's third test flight, on April 25, Ingenuity lifted off the Martian surface to a height of 16 feet (5 meters) and flew downrange 164 ...

China to attempt its first Mars rover landing today

China is about to attempt its first landing on the Red Planet. The country's first Mars landing mission, called Tianwen-1 (which means "Heavenly Questions"), is scheduled to touch down on the planet's surface as early as tonight (May 14) at 7:11 p.m. EDT ...

The Moon, Mars and Beyond: China's Ambitious Plans in Space

An upcoming Mars landing is one of many high-profile missions on the country's schedule as it seeks to challenge American dominance of space exploration.

SpaceX plans for 1st orbital Starship flight hint at Texas-to-Hawaii trip

SpaceX is getting Starship ready for its first orbital flight. The company plans to launch a prototype Starship vehicle from the usual location near Boca Chica, Texas, and do a round-the-world uncrewed flight that will splash down off the coast of Hawaii, ...

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Chinese rover heads for landing on Mars

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Tiawen 1 became the first Chinese mission to enter orbit around Mars when it arrived in February, making China the sixth country or space agency to have a probe orbiting the Red Planet, following the United States, the former Soviet Union, the European ...

Rocket Lab will launch its 20th mission and recover a booster early Saturday

An Electron booster will lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site Saturday during a two-hour window that opens at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT; 10:00 p.m. local time), carrying two Earth-observation satellites for the company BlackSky.

China Will Land a Rover on Mars: How to Watch

The country's state media services have not yet announced live coverage of the mission's landing attempt. They have recently started providing more up to the minute video of Chinese space activities, such as live streams of the rocket launch that carried a piece ...