Perseverance Spacecraft

China landed Tianwen-1 spacecraft on Mars on May 15, becoming the third country to perform successful landing on the red planet after U.S. and the Soviet Union. The three Mars missions in 2021 and how they are different from each other.

In pics | NASA launched its Perseverance Rover to the red planet to look for ancient life evidence

NASA successfully launched its car-size rover, Perseverance, on July 30 to invade planet Mars. The rover will bring back the Martian rocks to analyse for evidence of ancient life on the planet.

In pics | Search for life on Mars: Three spacecraft from US, China and UAE are set to head off to Red Planet

Mars, often referred to as the Red Planet, is about to be invaded by three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — which are sending their unmanned spacecraft to the planet to seek signs of ancient microscopic life.