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Chinese spacecraft reaches 12 million km from Mars

Tianwen-1 spacecraft was launched in July

Not only the Moon: China is demonstrating that it has a growing interest in aerospace and it is no coincidence that the mission that involved Chang'e-5 probe in recent weeks is being experienced with some emotion after its landing and is returning to Earth to bring back the soil samples taken from our satellite. Mars is the new target of Asian country. A bit like Elon Musk is doing, Beijing looks with...

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Beijing, China, 12/16/2020 17:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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