Posted on Jul 25, 2020
APOD: 2020 July 25 - Tianwen 1 Mission to Mars
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Tianwen 1 Mission to Mars." The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) launched its first mission to Mars on Thursday, July 23rd. It was preceded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its launch of the Martian orbiter Amal July 19th. The US mission to Mars, Perseverance , is scheduled to launch July 30th.
APOD: 2020 July 25 - Tianwen 1 Mission to Mars
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Live: China's inaugurates first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 in southern Hainan Province
2020 can be regarded as the year of Mars. Following Sunday's launch of the UAE's Mars probe, China inaugurates its first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 i...
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, July 25, 2020 entitled "Tianwen 1 Mission to Mars."
Image: Tianwen-1 Mission to Mars - Image Credit & Copyright - Jeff Dai (TWAN)
It is enlightening that in the season when diplomatic relations between Communist Chin and the USA are strained, APOD is focusing on this China launch image. Therefore I am posting a lengthy recording from China of the launch.
APOD Background
"Explanation: On July 23, this Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket rose into a blue morning sky from China's Hainan Island Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. The rocket carried an orbiter, lander, and rover to ask Heavenly Questions on the ambitious Tianwen-1 mission to Mars. In fact Tianwen-1 was the second of three missions scheduled for a July departure to the Red Planet. The United Arab Emirates launched its Amal (Hope) Mars probe on July 19. NASA's launch of its Mars Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA is scheduled for July 30. That is the last planned Mars launch for 2020 though. The minimum-energy launch window for an expedition to Mars is coming to a close in 2020 and will reopen in 2022."
Live: China's inaugurates first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 in southern Hainan Province
Chinese Communist script "2020 can be regarded as the year of Mars. Following Sunday's launch of the UAE's Mars probe, China inaugurates its first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 in Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Hainan Province. After the launch via a Long March-5 carrier rocket, the Mars probe will conduct a series of tasks and explorations on the red planet.
Hailed as Earth's sister planet, Mars has become the priority planet in deep space exploration. Can Mars be turned into a second habitat for humans? What will our lives be like if we settle on Mars in the future? Join CGTN to get a closer look at Mars and explore the beauty of the mysterious planet."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BsqPqqQbg
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Image: Tianwen-1 Mission to Mars - Image Credit & Copyright - Jeff Dai (TWAN)
It is enlightening that in the season when diplomatic relations between Communist Chin and the USA are strained, APOD is focusing on this China launch image. Therefore I am posting a lengthy recording from China of the launch.
APOD Background
"Explanation: On July 23, this Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket rose into a blue morning sky from China's Hainan Island Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. The rocket carried an orbiter, lander, and rover to ask Heavenly Questions on the ambitious Tianwen-1 mission to Mars. In fact Tianwen-1 was the second of three missions scheduled for a July departure to the Red Planet. The United Arab Emirates launched its Amal (Hope) Mars probe on July 19. NASA's launch of its Mars Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA is scheduled for July 30. That is the last planned Mars launch for 2020 though. The minimum-energy launch window for an expedition to Mars is coming to a close in 2020 and will reopen in 2022."
Live: China's inaugurates first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 in southern Hainan Province
Chinese Communist script "2020 can be regarded as the year of Mars. Following Sunday's launch of the UAE's Mars probe, China inaugurates its first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 in Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Hainan Province. After the launch via a Long March-5 carrier rocket, the Mars probe will conduct a series of tasks and explorations on the red planet.
Hailed as Earth's sister planet, Mars has become the priority planet in deep space exploration. Can Mars be turned into a second habitat for humans? What will our lives be like if we settle on Mars in the future? Join CGTN to get a closer look at Mars and explore the beauty of the mysterious planet."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BsqPqqQbg
FYI Col Carl Whicker Sgt (Join to see) SGT Denny Espinosa COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. LTC Bill Koski LTC Greg Henning PO2 (Join to see)SGT Jim Arnold CW5 Jack Cardwell SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Nancy Greene SFC (Join to see) LTC Hillary Luton SFC (Join to see) CH (MAJ) William BeaverMSG Felipe De Leon Brown
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