The lander carrying China's first Mars rover #Zhurong has touched down on the Red Planet, the China National Space Administration confirmed on Saturday morning. more: https://t.co/avaUv4mvgI pic.twitter.com/cQzQG6U96B — CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) May 15, 2021Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a message of congratulations to all the people involved in the mission. China's first Mars rover #Zhurong send out the first Weibo post on Saturday greeting to the public after it touched down on the Red Planet, says it will collect and send back information about the Martian surface in the next few days. A replica of the Tianwen-1 Mars rover is displayed during an exhibition inside the National Museum in Beijing, China March 3, 2021. https://t.co/ijuI3PnNn5 pic.twitter.com/ufcaqi4w5e — CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) May 15, 2021After more than six months in transit, Tianwen-1 reached the Red Planet in February where it had been in orbit since.

Source: The Express Tribune May 15, 2021 05:22 UTC