China's Mars probe debuts in Shanghai

A life-sized Mars probe model is displayed on Shanghai Aerospace Technology Exhibition in on May 21, 2007. China will launch its first Mars probe in October 2009 as part of a joint mission with Russia, said sources with the Shanghai Space Administration, the main developer of the probe, on Monday.

A visitor looks through a cardboard astronaut in front of a model of China's first Mars probe at a space technology exhibition in Shanghai, May 21, 2007.