One of the most recent images taken by cameras onboard China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter shows the summit of Ascraeus Mons, June 29, 2022. (Photo released by China National Space Administration)
One of the most recent images taken by cameras onboard China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter shows dozens of craters located in the Arabia Terra region, June 29, 2022. (Photo released by China National Space Administration)
One of the most recent images taken by cameras onboard China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter shows the landscape of the western Valles Marineris, June 29, 2022. (Photo released by China National Space Administration)
One of the most recent images taken by cameras onboard China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter shows the south polar cap of Mars, June 29, 2022. (Photo released by China National Space Administration)
Image taken by the Zhurong Mars rover before it went dormant shows sand dunes in its patrol area. (Photo released by China National Space Administration)
One of the most recent images taken by cameras onboard China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter shows the edge of Mars's Maunder crater, June 29, 2022. (Photo released by China National Space Administration)
China hopes to launch its first Mars probe around 2020 as the module technology for the exploration of the planet is maturing, some aerospace experts recently disclosed in Beijing. The exploration, which consists of plans to orbit, land and probe, has been listed as one of China's aeronautic projects in the coming years, according to Yuan Minhui, director of Beijing Space Science and Technology Information Institute.
China is preparing to launch a Mars probe in 2020, and it is expected to arrive on the red planet in 2021, aerospace expert Ye Peijian has said. "Although we are not the first Asian nation to send a probe to Mars, we want to start at a higher level," said Ye, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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