Friday, 24 March, 2023

China's Mars orbiter sends back selfie video on Lunar New Year

<p>In a new selfie video released ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, China&#39;s first Mars orbiter, Tianwen-1, shows off its tour around the Red Planet. The video shows a good portion of the spacecraft&#39;s body, engines, and solar array speeding through space, with parts of Mars&#39; surface visible in the backdrop. Tianwen-1 came to Mars&nbsp;with a lander and a rover, both of which successfully landed on the planet.&nbsp;The spacecraft orbiter has been circling Mars for nearly a year now.&nbsp;</p>