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Vol.35 No.1 2021

Cover Story:

On March 26, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) releases two profiles of Mars shot by Tianwen-1, the first Mars probe of China. Shown here is the one taken from the northern celestial hemisphere. Having orbiting the Red Planet for over a month, the probe took snapshots of the planet's side face on March 18, at a distance of about 11,000 km from the target, using its moderate-resolution camera. An initiator of China's Mars Exploration Program, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been seeing through the Program's implementation. Read more on page 8.