China plans to launch Thursday unmanned carrier rocket “Changzheng-5” on Mars with the aim to showcase their latest technological developments in terms of space exploration. It is expected that “Changzheng-5”, which will depart from space Center launch Wenchang, located in the southern island province of Hainan, will orbit the probe. It can reach Mars in February, where he will attempt to deploy the Rover to study the planet, according to Reuters.
the Camera will fly 480 million kilometers before reaching the red planet. Chinese experts had earlier planned a mission from 23 July to 5 August, as Mars and Earth will be in perfect position from the Sun, which will reduce travel time and fuel consumption.
during the mission “Tangwani-1” or “Questions to heaven”, the epithet of Chinese poems written two thousand years ago, Chinese the unit will fly to orbit, landed and deploy the Rover on the planet’s surface. The main goal of the mission is the search of possible signs of life on Mars. On Board the Chinese probe will be several scientific instruments for monitoring the atmosphere and planet’s surface in search of signs of water and ice.
Several spacecraft – American, European and Indian – are being either revolve around Mars or on its surface with other ongoing or planned missions. On Monday the United Arab Emirates has launched its own mission to Mars, which includes the Orbiter to study the atmosphere.
the United States will in the coming months I plan to send a probe that will launch on the Mars Rover, called Perseverance, is the largest and heaviest camera sent ever to the Red planet. The project must be soon approved by the leadership of the National office for Aeronautics and space research (NASA).
