The race to Mars is no longer just about NASA and SpaceX. China is rapidly developing its own roadmap, with plans for sample ...

ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet. The mission has ...

A Mars base simulator sits in the middle of nowhere in China's Gobi desert, but instead of housing astronauts training to live on the Red Planet, the facility is full of teenagers. Surrounded by ...

BEIJING (AP) — China has landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in the latest advance for its space program. The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday that the lander had touched down, ...

China on Thursday completed a test of its Mars exploration lander ahead of Beijing's first mission to the red planet slated for 2020. Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, ...

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China’s Tianwen 1 spacecraft has captured new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released the pictures this week, noting that these were taken ...