Hello! Astronomy Picture of the Day - July 25th, 2020
Today's video is about Tianwen-1 Mission to Mars
On July 23, this Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket rose into a blue morning sky from China's Hainan Island Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
The rocket carried an orbiter, lander, and rover to ask Heavenly Questions on the ambitious Tianwen-1 mission to Mars
In fact Tianwen-1 was the second of three missions scheduled for a July departure to the Red Planet
The United Arab Emirates launched its Amal (Hope) Mars probe on July 19
NASA's launch of its Mars Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA is scheduled for July 30
That is the last planned Mars launch for 2020 though
The minimum-energy launch window for an expedition to Mars is coming to a close in 2020 and will reopen in 2022
Comet NEOWISE images from planet Earth: July 24, 23, 22
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