In November last year, China completed a key landing test for the 2020 Mars mission in Hebei province. (Picture: Reuters)In November last year, China completed a key landing test for the 2020 Mars mission in Hebei province. (Picture: Reuters)
In November last year, China completed a key landing test for the 2020 Mars mission in Hebei province. (Picture: Reuters)
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China’s 2020 Mars mission is going ahead despite the pandemic

The mission, on track for a July launch despite the Covid-19 pandemic, is named Heavenly Questions after the classical Chinese poem Tianwen

Topic |   China’s Mars mission
Xinmei Shen
Xinmei Shen

Updated: 4:19pm, 24 Apr, 2020

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In November last year, China completed a key landing test for the 2020 Mars mission in Hebei province. (Picture: Reuters)In November last year, China completed a key landing test for the 2020 Mars mission in Hebei province. (Picture: Reuters)
In November last year, China completed a key landing test for the 2020 Mars mission in Hebei province. (Picture: Reuters)
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