China nailed its Mars landing – here’s what comes next

[Mike Wehner]

NASA's Perseverance rover may be taking the lion's share of the science headlines this year but it's about to have some stiff competition. China, which launched its latest Mars mission at around the same time that NASA launched its new rover, successfully touched down with a lander and rover this past weekend. The mission is historic for the country, which has been trying to catch up to the likes of the U.S. and Russia in the new space race.

The mission launched from Earth before NASA's Perseverance mission and arrived at Mars at around the same time. However, instead of landing on the surface immediately, as Perseverance did, China chose to begin things with an orbiter before releasing a lander and rover to the surface. Now that the rover is, well, roving, we can expect to hear a lot more about the robot, called Zhurong, in the coming months.

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