China, Russia plan Mars trip

China, Russia plan Mars trip

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China and Russia will co-operate on a Mars exploration project next year, the China Daily reported, citing an official at the Shanghai Space Administration.

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China's Yinghuo-1 will be launched on a Russian rocket in October 2009 and will arrive in the vicinity of Mars in August 2010, Chen Changya said at an exhibition in Shanghai last week.

Once the rocket arrives, the Russia spacecraft will land on the planet.

The 110-kilogram Yinghao-1 will transmit data about Mars from an orbit above the planet during its short life, Chen said.

The project is based on a bilateral Mars exploration accord that Russia and China reached earlier this year, the paper said.

I can't wait to see the photos and videos. How different they will look compared to NASA's doctored stuff.



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