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China lands on Mars after spacecraft's final 'nine minutes of terror' on arrival

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An unmanned Chinese spacecraft has touched down on Mars after successfully overcoming a "nine minutes of terror" on landing and it has become only the second country to visit the Red Planet.

China has followed the United States to land on Mars, reported state media, with the key moment when it comes in to land due to the lack of control on the vehicle.

The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on the Southern Utopia Plain, "leaving a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time," Xinhua said.

Following more than six months of travel, safely landing on Mars is a complicated task where there is no human intervention possible.

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