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The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; Chinese: 中国探月工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Tànyuè Gōngchéng), also known as the Chang'e Project (Chinese: 嫦娥工程; pinyin: Cháng'é Gōngchéng) after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The program was initially known as the Mars mission of China at the early stage. [2] It was later announced as Planetary Exploration of China in April 2020. The series of missions was named Tianwen. [3] The first mission of the program, Tianwen-1 Mars exploration mission, began on July 23, 2020.
Tianwen-2 (Chinese: 天问二号) is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet exploration mission that is currently under development. [6] Tianwen-2 was originally known as ZhengHe . [ 7 ]
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 ...
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 ...
The Lanyue (Chinese: 揽月; pinyin: lǎn yuè; lit. 'embracing the moon') lander, formerly known as the China crewed lunar surface lander (中国载人月面着陆器) or simply as the lunar surface lander (月面着陆器), is a spacecraft under development by the China Academy of Space Technology.
The goals of the planned Tianwen-4 Jupiter mission include: study of the interaction between magnetic fields and plasma present in the Jovian system, examination of the compositional variations in the Jovian atmosphere, exploration of the internal structures and surface characteristics of either Ganymede or Callisto, as well as investigation of the space environment surrounding the ...
In January 2020, China released a large amount of data and high-resolution images from the mission lander and rover. [88] In February 2020, Chinese astronomers reported, for the first time, a high-resolution image of a lunar ejecta sequence , and, as well, direct analysis of its internal architecture.