China plans to launch a lander and rover to Mars on 2020 to explore parts of the planet, one of four scheduled missions. The U.S. and Europe are also sending rovers to Mars next year, and the United Arab Emirates plans to launch an orbiter. China has already tested its lander for the March mission. The lander has successfully avoided ground obstacles during a simulated low-gravity descent, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the Chinese space program’s main contractor.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019
Many Mars-bound spacecraft launched by the U.S., Russia and other countries have been lost or destroyed over the years. Only the U.S. has pulled it off and has made eight successful landings. In case of Chinese lander China said that after the probe is launched it will take about seven months to reach Mars, and the final procedure of landing will only last about seven minutes which is the most difficult and the most risky part of the whole mission.
