China celebrates the Day of Cosmonautics. National space administration has revealed some details of a program to explore Mars, according to Russian Public television.
The mission involves sending a probe to orbit this planet, and then landing on the surface, study soil, terrain and atmosphere and also magnetic field. This will allow to better understand the origin and evolution of Mars and the entire Solar system as a whole.
On Friday, April 24, Beijing announced, as it will be called the first mission to Mars. "Tian Wen" – translated into Russian – "questions to the sky".
