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Mission Crew Crew photo Crew patch Mission Start Mission End Notes Tiangong-1; 1 Shenzhou 9: Jing Haipeng Liu Wang Liu Yang. Launch: 16 June 2012 29 June 2012
In order to gain relative experience, China launched and recovered its first recoverable satellite, Fanhui Shi Weixing, on 26 November 1975. [4] The success of the mission demonstrated China's capabilities of controlled atmospheric entry. In 1986, the 863 Program was funded by the Chinese government. It was intended to stimulate the development ...
It was the first public appearance of China's Mars exploration mission. [10] On April 24, 2020, Planetary Exploration of China was formally announced by CNSA, along with the name "Tianwen" and emblem of the program. [11] The first mission of the program, the Mars mission to be carried out in 2020, was named Tianwen-1. [3]
The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China.The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, later ...
The mission returned samples to Earth from Apollo Basin on the far side of the Moon. [19] [20] It also carried a Chinese rover called Jinchan to conduct infrared spectroscopy of lunar surface and imaged Chang'e 6 lander on lunar surface. [21] Chang'e 7, expected to launch in 2026, is a mission that will explore the south pole for resources. The ...
Tianwen-4 (Chinese: 天问四号), formerly known as Gan De (Chinese: 甘德), [5] is a planned Chinese interplanetary mission to study the Jovian system, possibly sharing a launch with a spacecraft which will make a flyby of Uranus. [6]
The Americans informed Chinese scientists about its satellites in orbit around the Moon, while the Chinese shared with American scientists the longitude, latitude, and timing of Chang'e 4's landing. [93] China has agreed to a request from NASA to use the Chang'e 4 probe and Queqiao relay satellite in future American Moon missions. [94]
Tianwen-1 Chinese: 天问一号 (also referred to as TW-1; simplified Chinese: 天 问; traditional Chinese: 天 問; lit. 'Heavenly Questions') is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of 6 spacecraft: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, lander, remote camera, and the Zhurong rover. [22]