BEIJING (AP) - China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China's space administration said Saturday.The solar-powered rover touched Martian soil at 10:40 a.m.
Saturday Beijing time (0240 GMT), the China National Space Administration said.China landed the spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars last Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in a first for the country.