Mars bound spacecraft Tianwen-1 captures stunning pics of Earth and Moon

At almost 750,000 miles away from its planet of origin Earth, Chinese craft Tianwen-1 captured a stunning view of Earth and moon as it aced its first trajectory correction maneuver on its Martian journey. China’s craft bound for Mars speed away in with its orbiter, lander, and rover. While  rover’s landing attempt is estimated to occur around April or May 2021, vehicle will start orbiting Red Planet in February 2021, according to China National ministration’s release. 

On July 27, NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office observed Tianwen-1 vehicle as it was running a program to scan large patches of sky for astromers to map object’s path at a facility at Mauna Loa on Hawaii Island. observatory was working on Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) which identifies celestial objects in . At time,  craft was about 750,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) away from Earth, and its optical navigation sensor captured a crescent-shaped Earth and smaller, more distant moon. mochrome im depicts feature of Earth against dark, black oceanic background. 

[ Earth and Moon imd by Tianwen-1 on July 27, 2020, when it was 750,000 miles away from its planet of origin.Im: © CNSA]

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20 seconds maneuver in

Tianwen-1 launched for its Mars mission on July 23 aboard Long March 5 rocket. It set on a trajectory to Mars 36 minutes later, as per CNSA. On August 1, at sharp 7:00 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) craft started 20 seconds maneuver to optimize trajectory when it was 1,860,000 miles (3 million km) away from Earth. stunning black and white im recorded n show crescent moon and distant Earth captured on high- and medium-resolution cameras deployed to study Mars.  

[Tianwen-1: China successfully launches probe in first Mars mission. Credit: CNSA]

Elysium Mons for rover's landing 

Tianwen-1 which translates to "questions to heaven" was launched from Wenchang on Hainan Island, as per a report published in journal Nature Astromy which was composed by team members of China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission. China has isolated an area stretching from Isidis Planitia across to big volca Elysium Mons for landing where NASA's Viking 2 lander touched down in 1976.  According to study, China’s rover will operate for at least 90 Martian days and as of w, it’s 20th lunar day on moon. 

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