- China’s Mars mission is scheduled for July as the country ramps up its space exploration efforts
- Chinese space group CASC is sending an orbiter and rover to the Red Planet in the hopes of finding evidence of past or present life.
- China is also planning to build a space station and have its own astronauts on the Moon sooner rather than later.
It wasn’t all that long ago that China didn’t seem to care much about space. The country watched The US and Russia dominate space exploration for decades before truly throwing its hat into the ring. Now, following a mission schedule that has proceeded at a breakneck pace, China is poised to launch a new mission to Mars.
The country announced that it believes it will be ready to send its Mars mission skyward in July. Similar to NASA’s Mars missions, China will be sending a rover to the Martian surface in the hopes of uncovering some of the planet’s long-held secrets, including whether or not life has ever taken root there.
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