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China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft enters Mars orbit, two days after UAE spacecraft Hope's arrival
•Next week, the American space agency will attempt to land its Perseverance rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars.
Pioneering Mars missions that paved the way for Perseverance, Hope, Tianwen-1's arrival this month
•Perseverance will be the fifth rover to arrive at Mars that's capable of venturing across the surface of another planet.
China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe returns first photos showing canyons on the Red Planet surface
•China hopes to ultimately land the rover in May in Utopia, a massive impact basin on Mars.
Perseverance, Tianwen-1, Hope: US, China, UAE spacecrafts to arrive at Mars in quick succession this month
•China’s Tianwen-1 duo will remain paired in orbit until May, when the rover will separate, descend to the Martian surface.
Space exploration in 2021 to see missions to Mars, the Moon, views from beyond 'deep space'
•An eclipse in May overlaps with a period when the moon is close to Earth, in what is known by some as a 'super blood moon'.
China's ambitious Tianwen-1 mission has travelled more than 15 million km since July, is safely on its way to Mars
•The spacecraft consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, and was blasted into space aboard a Long March-5 rocket on 23 July.
China's Tianwen-1 mission captures unique image of the Earth and moon on its way to Mars
Trendingdesk •The black and white image was captured by the spacecraft some 1.2 million kilometres away from Earth, on 27 July.
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission: Science objectives, instruments on the first-of-its-kind tech demo to the Red Planet
Tech2 News Staff •If successful,Tianwen-1 will be signified as a major technical breakthrough in interplanetary mission technology.
Successful liftoff of China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission met with celebration, suspicion on Twitter
Tech2 News Staff •The lander and rover will perform a soft landing on Utopia Planitia, around two to three months after it arrives to Mars.
China launches first Tianwen-1 orbiter-lander-rover mission to Mars today; CNSA yet to confirm success
Tech2 News Staff •The launch is an open secret, with CNSA not particularly hiding the relevant information but not being very forthcoming with it either.