SPACE experts have revealed China's first Mars rover will launch on its mission to the Red Planet later this month.
authorities will launch the country's first Mars probe in the coming weeks, as the country races to match with the US' dominance of space. The Tianwen-1 Mars rover is scheduled to blast-off from Hainan island, off China's south coast, between July 20 and 25. Tianwen-1 will be China's first-ever interplanetary mission.The historic event occurs shortly before the next US Mars rover, also scheduled before the end of the month.
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