China’s Mars mission: Tianwen-1 orbiter uses ‘selfie stick’ to capture ice caps on red planet

Source: China – South China Morning PostChina has published videos showing its Mars orbiter Tianwen-1 circling above the northern ice caps of the red planet taken using its “selfie stick” on Monday, the eve of Lunar New Year.In a pink-tinted video, the spacecraft can be seen flying against a landscape sprinkled with frost patches, which the China National Space Administration (CNSA) identified as ice caps.Unlike the ice on the Earth’s polar regions, Martian ice is a mixture of frozen carbon dioxide and water.What is China’s Tianwen 1…Read More

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