Chinese spacecraft to land on Mars on May 15-19 - National Space Administration

[May 14, 2021]    BEIJING (Reuters) - An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft is set to land on Utopia Planitia on Mars between May 15 and May 19 Beijing time, the China National Space Administration said on Friday.

The spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is China's first independent mission to Mars.

(Reporting by Lusha Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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