China plans to launch its first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 between July and August, Bao Weimin, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Science and Technology Commission at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, has told CCTV while sharing details about the mission. According to the plan, the Mars probe will release a rover after a soft landing on the planet and the rover will stay on Mars for 90 Mars sols, or days, on a variety of missions, includ

1M views · 5.2K reactions | The fourth Long March-5 rocket, to be used to launch China's first Mars exploration mission, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Friday. The planned launch of the carrier rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y4, is set for late July or early August, according to China National Space Administration. | CGTN | Facebook

189K views · 7.2K reactions | BLAST OFF!! NASA just launching the first unmanned test mission of its new Orion spacecraft. Orion is designed to carry humans in deep space including an asteroid, and eventually Mars! | Fox & Friends | Facebook

27K views · 204 reactions | On July 14, 1965, the Mariner 4 made photographic history with the first close-up snap of Mars. It took 6 hours for that image to transmit back to earth, to an excited group of scientists. Making Tracks on Mars | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

977K views · 3.9K shares | Can’t stop. Won’t stop. This July 4, NASA marks 20 years of 24/7 robotic exploration at Mars. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2rKvVY8 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Facebook