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 ...
China is preparing an ambitious mission to return samples from Mars back to Earth for the first time. The Tianwen-3 mission ...
China’s Mars play isn’t hype-first - it’s sequence-first. Tianwen-1 proved they can land and operate on Mars, and Tianwen-3 is set up as a two-launch sample-return mission aiming for a 2028 launch and ...