BEIJING -- A team of Chinese geologists has created a Mars soil simulant that almost replicates Utopia Planitia soil, a ...

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese geologists has created a Mars soil simulant that almost replicates Utopia Planitia soil, a scientific breakthrough that could be crucial for future ...

The Mars exploration mission of China named Tianwen-1 is being carried out as scheduled. The Navigation and Terrain Cameras (NaTeCam) equipped on the Zhurong Rover play an essential role in obstacle ...

Watch footage of China's Zhurong rover moving on the Martian surface. It was captured by a camera the rover deployed on Mars.

China’s ambitions have surged since May 2021, when its Tianwen-1 mission made it the second nation after the U.S. to land on Mars. The Zhurong rover explored Utopia Planitia, paving the way for bigger ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

Drilling two meters deep for sampling will be a world first,” said Hou Zengqian, China’s chief scientist on the Tianwen-3 mission, in a recent interview with China Science Daily. That one sentence ...

The flowing celestial robes in Dunhuang murals, featuring flying goddesses, and the legendary attempt by Wan Hu to reach ...

On 15 May 2021, Zhu Rong Rover successful landed on the southern area of the flat Utopia Plain. The subsurface penetrating radar is used for the exploration of Mars regolith thickness and subsurface ...