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Interplanetary mission by China to place an orbiter, lander and rover on Mars

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Tianwen-1: Interplanetary mission by China to place an orbiter, lander and rover on Mars
Tianwen-1 is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of 6 spacecraft: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, lander, remote camera, and the Zhurong rover. The spacecraft, with a total mass of nearly five tons, is one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars and carries 14 scientific instruments. It is the first in a series of planned missions undertaken by CNSA as part of its Planetary Exploration of China program.

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