As the Tianwen-1 spacecraft is scheduled for launch in late July or early August, the mission chief scientist and his team provide an overview focusing on the scientific objectives and instrumentation of China’s first Mars mission.
China's first Mars exploration mission was officially named "Tianwen-1" on Friday, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).The mission is to launch a Mars probe in 2020, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission. In 2016, China launche...
China will become just the second nation, after the United States, to operate a spacecraft successfullyon the Red Planet’s surfacefor an appreciable amount of time. (The Soviet Union pulled off the first-ever soft touchdown on the Red Planet with its Mars 3 mission in 1971, but tha...
This paper presents our efforts to characterize the candidate landing region (109°–133°E, 23°–30°N) for Tianwen‐1, China's first mission to Mars, in terms of engineering safety and scientific significance. Topographic analysis reveals that the region has a low elevation around 4,230 ...
China launched its first independent Mars mission on Thursday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, marking the start of the nation's planetary exploration program.As the launch sequence started at 12:41 pm, 10 en...
China aims to launch its first manned mission to Mars in 2033 and build a base on the red planet in the following missions, according to the head of the country's major rocket manufacturer. Wang Xiaojun, head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), outlin...
TIANWEN1,CHINA'S MISSION TO MARS 天问系列的首次火星探测任务(first Mars exploration mission)火星-Mars,来自拉丁语Mars,火星因为其橘红色外表而被中国人成为“火星”,古希腊人却由其联想至鲜血,因此以古...
Shenzhou-1, the first experimental spacecraft of China's manned space project, took off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and successfully returned in the early morning of the next day. Since then, China has become the third cou...
"The probe is expected to orbit the red planet, land and deploy a rover all in one mission, which is quite difficult to achieve," said Xu Dazhe at a press conference ahead of April 24 celebrations marking the launch of the country's first satellite 46 years ago. ...
The nation's first fully homegrown Mars mission, Tianwen-1, arrived in orbit around the Red Planet today (Feb. 10), according to Chinese media reports. The milestone makes China the sixth entity to get a probe to Mars, joining the United States, the Soviet Union, the European Space Agenc...