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Re:China lands rover on Mars by publicola1990 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:31AM (#27162950)
It had some coverage here, it was one of the three probes headed for Mars this year, other two being the US and UAE probes.

The rover itself is not as larges as the Perseverance or Curiosity, but their orbiter seems a quite heavy probe. Hope we will get some detailed high-resolution images of the surface from the orbiter, so that we can have even better surface maps of Mars.

Also the CNSA programs don't get as much coverage in the West. Their Chang'e 5 lunar sample return probe was quite a good achievement, with they being able to do an autonomous docking in lunar orbit.

A video of the sample transfer in lunar orbit: https://youtu.be/iABFC9V3cPc

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Re:China lands rover on Mars by HDMI_Cable on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:30AM (#27165542)
Wait the UAE is sending a probe to mars? I haven't heard anything about this. Is it going to be a rover, or just a satellite?
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Re:China lands rover on Mars by publicola1990 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:42PM (#27166736)
It is an orbiter, and is already in orbit around Mars.
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