China has announced plans to launch the Tianwen-3 mission to collect samples from Mars by 2030. Bian Zhigang, Deputy Director of the China National Space Administration, said at a press conference of the Information Office of the State Council of China.

He stated that China plans to launch the Tianwen-2 mission to study asteroids by 2025, followed by the Tianwen-3 mission to collect samples from Mars and Tianwen-4 to explore the Jupiter system by 2030. This is reported by
China Daily, a partner of TV BRICS.

Earlier, the Chang’e-6 unmanned vehicle delivered a soil sample from the back side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in history.

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