China’s Tianwen-1 probe transmits first Mars image to Earth

If others can and so does China, as the country’s Tianwen-1 probe has returned its first snap of Mars, however the image is in grayscale as compared to NASA’s colored images.

China’s probe is scheduled to enter Mars orbit on February 10 which happens to carry a rover that is expected to land on the planets Utopia impact basin by May of this year.

This goes to show the capabilities of China’s space program that rival’s space exploration efforts from other countries. Besides the Moon and Mars missions, China is also looking forward to put a new space station into Earth’s orbit by 2022.