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China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe returns first photos showing canyons on the Red Planet surface
•China hopes to ultimately land the rover in May in Utopia, a massive impact basin on Mars.
Chang'e 5 puts China's flag on the moon; canister with lunar rock, dirt to reach Earth by 17 Dec
Tech2 News Staff •The Chinese lunar probe consists of four separate modules working together - the orbiter, returner, the lander and the ascender - to bring the rocks back to Earth.
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission: Science objectives, instruments on the first-of-its-kind tech demo to the Red Planet
Tech2 News Staff •If successful,Tianwen-1 will be signified as a major technical breakthrough in interplanetary mission technology.
Successful liftoff of China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission met with celebration, suspicion on Twitter
Tech2 News Staff •The lander and rover will perform a soft landing on Utopia Planitia, around two to three months after it arrives to Mars.
China launches first Tianwen-1 orbiter-lander-rover mission to Mars today; CNSA yet to confirm success
Tech2 News Staff •The launch is an open secret, with CNSA not particularly hiding the relevant information but not being very forthcoming with it either.
China's new high-res satellite can provide best stereo imagery in the East, says CCTV
•Gaofen satellites are helping China build an all-weather, 24x7, global remote sensing system by 2020 that can monitor ground, sky, and the oceans.
To the Moon & back: Future missions planned by various countries to our natural satellite
Abigailb •Even with all the progress we've made in space exploration, something's always taking us back to our natural satellite.
Stunning image of Moon's far side and Earth captured by Chinese satellite
Tech2 News Staff •The photographer, the Chinese Longjiang-2 satellite, made its way into lunar orbit in June 2018.
Chang'e-4 probe, rover survive first lunar night, wake up to record-low temperature
Tech2 News Staff •Instruments on China's Chang'e-3 moon mission survived 60 lunar nights & continue to be in operation.
NASA set to collaborate with China's space agency on lunar landing research
•NASA and CNSA have agreed that any major findings will be shared with the global research community.