SHANGHAI— China introduced its first mission to Mars on Thursday, aiming to be part of the quick record of nations that have landed a spacecraft on another planet.
The Tianwen-1 blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Middle on the island of Hainan at 12:40 p.m. local time aboard the recently formulated Very long March five rocket. It is anticipated to make the 34-million mile journey to Mars in 7 months, following which it will try to slip into orbit all over the planet and send a rover to the area.
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