Science News Roundup: China says Martian rover takes first drive on surface of Red Planet; Virgin Galactic moves one step closer to commercial space flights
This is a milestone in Branson's near two-decades effort to create a commercial "spaceline" to take paying customers into outer space. China says Martian rover takes first drive on surface of Red Planet A remote-controlled Chinese motorised rover drove down the ramp of its landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of Mars, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to the Red Planet.
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Virgin Galactic moves one step closer to commercial space flights
Flying at Mach 3 and reaching more than 55 miles above the Earth Saturday, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson's private spaceship company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc completed its first manned space flight from its new home port in New Mexico. This is a milestone in Branson's near two-decades effort to create a commercial "spaceline" to take paying customers into outer space.
China says Martian rover takes first drive on surface of Red Planet
A remote-controlled Chinese motorised rover drove down the ramp of its landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of Mars, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to the Red Planet. Zhurong, named after a mythical Chinese god of fire, drove down to the surface of Mars at 10:40 a.m. Beijing time (0240 GMT), according to the rover's official Chinese social media account.
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