November 14, 2019
China has showed off its first images of a rover
China in 2003 became the third country to put a man in
space with its own rocket after the former Soviet Union and the United
States.China in 2003 became the third country to put a man in space with its own
rocket after the former Soviet Union and the United States.China insists its
programme is for peaceful purposes, but the US Defense Department has
highlighted China's increasing space capabilities, saying it is pursuing
activities aimed to prevent adversaries from using space-based assets in a
crisis.
The challenges we face are unprecedented," Zhang Rongqiao, chief
architect of the Mars mission, said, according to Xinhua.China in 2003 became
the third country to put a man in space with its own rocket after the former
Soviet Union and the United States. China's latest manned space mission is due
in October and is aiming for a manned moon landing by 2036.Apart from its
civilian ambitions, Beijing has tested anti-satellite missiles, and the US
Congress has banned NASA from engaging in cooperation with its Chinese
counterpart due to security concerns.The Beijing News added that the northern
hemisphere was not as good a place to utilize solar power as the equator, but
that the geographic conditions were better.
China has showed off its first images
of a rover it plans to sent to Mars in mid-2020, which xps sandwich panel Suppliers is designed to
explore the planet surface for three months, state media said, the latest aim of
China's ambitious space programme.."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," it said.
Advancing China's space programme is a priority for Beijing,
with President Xi Jinping calling for the country to establish itself as a space
power.State news agency Xinhua, in a report late on Tuesday, said the 200 kg
(441 lb) rover would have six wheels and be powered by four solar panels, two
more than the rover China shot to the moon and 60 kg (132 lb) heavier.China's
latest manned space mission is due in October and is aiming for a manned moon
landing by 2036.
The probe would carry 13 payloads including a remote sensing
camera and a ground penetrating radar, on what is expected to be a three-month
exploration mission blasting off in July or August 2020, the report added.It has
touted its plans for moon exploration and in late 2013 completed the first lunar
"soft landing" since 1976 with the Chang'e-3 craft and its Jade Rabbit rover
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