After the Emirates, China also launched a rover to Mars for the first time

China launched its first rover mission to the Red Planet this morning to explore the geology of Mars.

A six-wheeled robot has been launched from the Wenchang Space Center and is due to arrive in orbit in February next year. It is about the robot Tianwen-1, which as part of the mission will not land on the surface of Mars for another two to three months after arriving at the given position. This strategy will allow engineers to assess the atmospheric conditions on Mars before the robot lands north of the Martian equator. His task will be to study the geology of that part of the planet, above and below the surface.

This surface probe is only part of the mission as the planet's orbit will be ordered from a distance by the Tianwen-1 spacecraft that will reach Mars.

This is one of three missions to Mars in 11 days. Three days ago, the United Arab Emirates launched a satellite, and in a week NASA will send the rover Perseverance to Mars.