After a seven-month voyage from Earth, China’s unmanned spacecraft Tianwen-1 successfully went into orbit around Mars on February 10, 2021. After a 15-minute deceleration, the probe entered Mars’ gravitational field and began to circle the red planet in a large elliptical orbit, according to state news agency Xinhua.

在离开地球经历7个月的航程后,中国无人探测器“天问一号”于2021年2月10日成功进入火星轨道。据新华社报道,经过15分钟的减速后,探测器被火星引力捕获,开始在一个大椭圆轨道上环绕这颗红色行星。