China said it has successfully put its Tianwen-1 mission in orbit around Mars.
It’s the first time the country has managed to get a spacecraft to the Red Planet and came a day after the United Arab Emirates accomplished the same feat.
Tianwen-1, or “Questions to Heaven”, comprises an orbiter and a rover.
Engineers will bide their time before dispatching the wheeled robot to the surface but the expectation is that this will happen in May or June.
Wednesday’s orbit insertion underlined the rapid progress China’s space program is making.
Tianwen-1 is one of three missions arriving at Mars this February.(BBC)
