China is set to launch the Mars probe in July

China is expected to launch its Mars mission with the launch of its first Red Planet probe in July this year.

The China Youth Daily newspaper reported that the Mars probe will be launched into space on Long March-5 rockets in July. Long March-5 Y4 rocket has completed a 100-second test with hydrogen- oxygen.

This is also the last test before conducting the missile assembly. According to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country will send probes to orbit and land, and then start deploying self-propelled robots on Mars.

By 2020, the Long March-5 rocket will perform a number of missions, including launching Mars probes and transporting samples collected on the Moon from the Hang Nga-4 probe. A total of 24 hydrogen-oxygen rocket engine tests will be conducted this year to cater to this mission.

Landing on Mars is undoubtedly the biggest challenge for Chinese space scientists. In November 2019, China unveiled an experiment that simulated the process of hovering, avoiding obstacles and landing on Mars.

Xinhua said the experiment was conducted on a special plot of land located in Huai Lai district, Hebei, China.

How to land safely on Mars is one of the biggest challenges for the Mars exploration mission. Experiments simulating the gravitational force of Mars when gravity on this planet is only 1/3 compared to the gravity on Earth.

Earlier in 2012, China set an ambitious goal of putting humans first on Mars in 2030.

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