China's Space Exploration Goals: Moon Landing & Mars Sample Return Missions
China aims to launch a Mars-sample return mission around 2028 and to land taikonauts on the Moon by 2030. From launching its first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, in 1970 to sending the first Chinese taikonaut, Yang Liwei, into space in 2003; from completing the construction of its Tiangong space station in 2022 to collecting lunar samples from the far side of the Moon this year with the Chang'e-6 Mission, China's space exploration has achieved historic leaps.
For example, China was the first country to successfully send an orbiter, lander and rover to Mars on its first attempt. China is only the second country after the United States to successfully land and operate a spacecraft on Mars.
China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe was launched back in July 2020 and entered Mars orbit in February 2021. The rover landed and started operations in May 2021. After it completed 90 Martian days of assigned scientific exploration tasks, the rover continued its exploration of the Red Planet. The rover, which has traveled 1,921 meters in 358 Martian days, is now in sleep mode.
As of June 29, 2022, the orbiter of the Tianwen-1 mission had completed its primary global remote sensing exploration objectives. It has been in operation for over 1,000 days. It remains in good condition and will continue to conduct scientific exploration and accumulate data from orbit, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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Release Date: Oct. 1, 2024
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