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Here’s the first photo from China’s new Mars mission – and it’s stunning

February 5th, 2021

Mike Wehner

NASA isn’t the only space agency planning for a big Mars landing this month, as the China National Space Administration also has a mission landing on the Red Planet imminently. CNSA just released its first photo from the mission, which is a black-and-white image of Mars from the point of view of the Tianwen-1 spacecraft. …

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China just released the most stunning images from the far side of the Moon

January 23rd, 2020

Mike Wehner

China started off 2019 by completing the first soft landing on the far side Earth’s moon. It was a monumental achievement, and the months since the mission arrived at the Moon have been filled with interesting discoveries, including the discovery of a strange “gel-like” substance around a lunar crater. Now, as China celebrates the one …