A high-resolution photo of the surface of Mars taken by China's Tianwen-1 probe, 4 March, 2021 ...

China launched its first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, in July 2020. That mission, the country's first independent interplanetary exploration effort, saw its lander touch down on the Martian surface in ...

Students view a model of the Tianwen 1 Mars landing capsule at a science and ... China's first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, is scheduled to be launched in the coming weeks from ...

Key programs on the chopping block include the Mars Sample Return mission-intended to bring back samples collected by the ...

China will unveil the international payload cooperation list for the country's Chang'e-8 lunar probe mission at this year's Space Day of China, with 15 projects selected from the European Space Agency ...

Students view a model of the Tianwen 1 Mars landing capsule at a science and technology museum ... China's first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, is scheduled to be launched in the coming ...

Given the extreme conditions on Mars, however, the discovery of fossilised past life is the more likely outcome. China's Tianwen-3 mission, also planned for launch in 2028 is designed to collect ...