{"id":98475,"date":"2020-07-24T13:45:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=98475"},"modified":"2020-07-24T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:45:40","slug":"china-mars-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/china-mars-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"China Mars Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements:<br>(1) China successfully launched its first Mars probe Tianwen -1.<br>(2) Till now,USA Russia, European Union and India have reached the Mars.<br>Of the above correct statement\/s is\/are:<\/strong><br>(a) Only 1<br>(b) Only 2<br>(c) Both 1&amp;2<br>(d) None of the above<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>China successfully launched its first Mars probe aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island on July 23 2020.<\/li><li>The mission is termed Tianwen -1 (formerly Huoxing 1), which means \u201cQuestions to Heaven\u201d.<\/li><li>It is China\u2019s first solo mission to Mars after a previous attempt with Russia failed in 2011.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The scientific goals of the mission include studying Martian topography and geology and determining the composition of the surface material, climate and environment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spacecraft and Subsystems:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The spacecraft consists of an orbiter, a lander and a rover.<\/li><li>The orbiter will use high-resolution cameras to search for a suitable landing site somewhere in the Utopia Planitia region.<\/li><li>It weighs around 240 kg and will carry cameras, a subsurface radar, a spectrometer, a magnetometer, and atmospheric sensors.<\/li><li>Tianwen-1 will reach the Red Planet\u2019s orbit in February 2021. The rover will land on Mars in May.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Utopia Planitia region:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Utopia Planitia region on Mars indicates the area where a large subsurface deposit rich in water ice was assessed.<br>\u2022 Also, ice caps at the north and south poles lead to the presence of water which needs to be explored comprehensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Countries on Mars Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Till now,USA Russia, European Union and India have reached the Mars.<\/li><li>The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars.<\/li><li>India through its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan became the first country to orbit mars in its very first attempt.<\/li><li>MOM was launched by ISRO in 2013.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Amar Mani Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/china-mars-mission-tianwen-1-explained-6521179\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/china-mars-mission-tianwen-1-explained-6521179\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements:(1) China successfully launched its first Mars probe Tianwen -1.(2) Till now,USA Russia, European Union and India have reached the Mars.Of the above correct statement\/s is\/are:(a) Only 1(b) Only 2(c) Both 1&amp;2(d) None of the aboveAnswer: (c)Related facts: China successfully launched its first Mars probe aboard a Long March 5 rocket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":98476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[7430],"class_list":["post-98475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international___en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98477,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98475\/revisions\/98477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}