China's Mars landing makes it the third country to land a rover on the Red Planet
In just over a fortnight, China has achieved an extraordinary amount in space. While many overseas news outlets in recent days focused on an "out of control" Chinese rocket that re-entered Earth's atmosphere and harmlessly landed in the Indian Ocean, the space station module that it launched is now orbiting the planet. China's state TV broke into special coverage titled "Hello Mars" to celebrate what has been rapid progress for the country's military-run space program. And it comes relatively shortly after China launched its first large space station module," said Dr Morris Jones, a Sydney-based space writer. "For much of that time, China's space program has been conducted out of the limelight, partly due to secrecy but also because much of what they were doing wasn't headline-grabbing," Dr Jones said.
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