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Power politics and the race to the Red Planet

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 by Steffi Paladini

The image shows the Red Planet bathed in the glow of sunlight. China aims to win the new space race with missions to Mars.

China, the United States and India are just part of a wider global trend to explore Mars in Space Age 2.0

Categories Mars Mission Tags China, Direct Rival, European Space Agency, NASA, Race to Mars, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

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