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China's Mars mission travels over 186mln miles in 116 days - Space Agency

Beijing, Nov 17 (Sputnik) The distance traveled by the Chinese probe Tianwen-1 during the 116 days of its space flight to Mars has surpassed 300 million kilometers (186 million miles), with all components of the mission functioning normally, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Tuesday.
"The administration said in a statement that the spacecraft had been in good condition. By Tuesday morning, the robotic probe had flown 116 days in an Earth-Mars transfer trajectory toward the red planet, around 63.8 million km away from the Earth, it noted," CNSA press service said.
The mission is expected to reach Mars' gravitational field in February and land on the planet's surface in May, according to the press release. If everything goes as planned, the first findings would be reported back to Earth within 2021.
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