China unveils its 2020 Mars lander/rover
The competition heats up: China today released design concepts of its planned 2020 Mars lander and rover.
According to Ye Peijian, one of China’s leading aerospace experts and a consultant to the program, the 2020 mission will be launched on a Long March-5 carrier rocket from the Wenchang space launch center in south China’s Hainan province. The lander will separate from the orbiter at the end of a journey of around seven months and touch down in a low latitude area in the northern hemisphere of Mars where the rover will explore the surface.
If they succeed they will have definitely moved ahead of Russia in the ranks of space-faring nations.
The competition heats up: China today released design concepts of its planned 2020 Mars lander and rover.
According to Ye Peijian, one of China’s leading aerospace experts and a consultant to the program, the 2020 mission will be launched on a Long March-5 carrier rocket from the Wenchang space launch center in south China’s Hainan province. The lander will separate from the orbiter at the end of a journey of around seven months and touch down in a low latitude area in the northern hemisphere of Mars where the rover will explore the surface.
If they succeed they will have definitely moved ahead of Russia in the ranks of space-faring nations.