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March 07, 2016

Aim Higher: China Plans to Send Rover to Mars in 2020
Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2016
China plans to land a rover on Mars when the opportunity presents itself in 2020, the country's chief aerospace engineer said Friday. Ye Peijian, the chief designer of the country's state lunar exploration mission, said that Mars makes a close approach to Earth every 28 months, presenting a short window of opportunity for a probe launch. "We will not make it by 2018 but we can try to launch a probe in 2020," Ye Peijian was quoted by the Sina news website as saying. The scientist said e ... read more

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