China to launch its first Mars probe in second half of this year.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , May 29 (ANI): China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, is expected to be launched in the second half of this year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an official of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST SAST South Australia Standard Time (GMT+0930) SAST South African Standard Time SAST Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (USGS) SAST Systems Administrator Simulation Trainer ). The probe had passed test of the research phase, Zhang Weiqiang, deputy secretary of SAST Committee of the Communist Party of China The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共產黨 , told the third Shanghai International Aerospace Technology and Equipment Exhibition. Yinghuo-1 will be launched by a Russian carrier rocket, accompanied by the Russian aerocraft Phobos-Grunt. "The Russian aerocraft is making a sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars Mars has two tiny natural moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are thought to be captured asteroids. If viewed from the surface of Mars near its equator, full Phobos looks about one third as big as the Earth's full moon from Earth. ," Zhang said. According to Zhang, Yinghuo-1 would go into Mars orbit in 2010 after a 10-month, 380-million-kilometer journey, Zhang said. But, unlike the Russian craft, Yinghuo-1 won't land but would only orbit and observe, he added. The Chinese probe is 75 centimeters long, 75 cm wide and 60 cm high. It weighs 115 kilograms and was designed for a two-year life, Zhang said. "Yinghuo" means light from firefly in Chinese. "Yinghuo-1 is expected to discover why water disappeared from Mars and explain other environmental changes of the planet," Zhang said. The project is China's third major space exploration plan after the manned space project and the moon exploration program. "It was also the first time that China would explore another planet," Zhang said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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