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China hopes to land on Mars by 2020

By Kelly Cohen
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China hopes to land on Mars by 2020

China announced Friday that it has approved a Mars exploration program and hopes to land on the planet by 2020.

Xu Dazhe, director of the China National Space Administration (CSNA), announced Friday at a rare news conference that plans are being drawn up for the project. The project, announced in January, has been formally approved by the government.

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