Following more than six months of travel, safely landing on Mars is a complicated task where there is no human intervention possible. (Image: China National Space Administrat)The official Chinese Space News said the landing process consisted of "nine minutes of terror" as the module decelerates and then slowly descends. The touchdown is a significant achievement with only the Americans previously having been able to land on Mars. (Image: Getty Images) (Image: REUTERS)A rover, named Zhurong, will now survey the landing site before departing from its platform to conduct inspections. (Image: Tianwen-1)The five-tonne spacecraft blasted off from the southern Chinese island of Hainan in July last year, launched by the powerful Long March 5 rocket.

Source: Daily Mirror May 15, 2021 02:22 UTC