{"id":6220,"date":"2019-11-26T09:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6220"},"modified":"2019-11-26T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:30:36","slug":"china-has-successfully-tested-the-lander-for-its-mars-2020-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/china-has-successfully-tested-the-lander-for-its-mars-2020-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"China has successfully tested the lander for its Mars 2020 mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>China plans to launch a lander and rover to Mars on 2020 to explore parts of the planet, one of four scheduled missions. The U.S. and Europe are also sending rovers to Mars next year, and the United Arab Emirates plans to launch an orbiter. China has already tested its lander for the March mission. The lander has \u00a0successfully avoided ground obstacles during a simulated low-gravity descent, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the Chinese space program\u2019s main contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Mars-bound spacecraft launched by the U.S., Russia and\nother countries have been lost or destroyed over the years. Only the U.S. has\npulled it off and has made eight successful landings. In case of Chinese lander\nChina said that after the probe is launched it will take about seven months to\nreach Mars, and the final procedure of landing will only last about seven\nminutes which is the most difficult and the most risky part of the whole\nmission. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China plans to launch a lander and rover to Mars on 2020 to explore parts of the planet, one of four scheduled missions. The U.S. and Europe are also sending rovers to Mars next year, and the United Arab Emirates plans to launch an orbiter. China has already tested its lander for the March mission. 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