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Tianwen 1 served as a platform for international cooperation, sharing orbital data with NASA and ESA to improve collision avoidance.
The Tianwen 1 mission earned the World Space Award in 2022.
Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), China plans to launch the Chang'e 7 and Chang'e 8 lunar missions and the Tianwen 3 Mars sample return mission around 2028.
Data gathered by 13 instruments aboard Tianwen 1 revealed compelling evidence of past oceans and a once-wet climate on Mars.
On May 29, 2025, China launched the Tianwen 2 probe, the nation's first asteroid sampling and return mission.
The Tianwen 2 spacecraft will visit the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 to collect samples before heading to the main-belt comet 311P.
The Tianwen 1 rover Zhurong landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, after a 475-million-kilometer voyage.
China's deep space ambitions advanced with the Tianwen 1 Mars mission, which was launched in 2020.
Following the delivery of asteroid material, Tianwen 2 will continue to a secondary destination, main-belt comet 311P.
Tianwen 2 is scheduled to reach the asteroid 2016 HO3, also known as 469219 Kamo'oalewa, in the summer of 2026.
From main-belt comet 311P, Tianwen 2 will perform a remote-sensing survey and send valuable data back to Earth.
Once the samples are secured, Tianwen 2 will return to Earth's vicinity and release a capsule to deliver the collected material.
Tianwen 2 will deploy devices to gather samples from the surface of the asteroid.
Tianwen 2 represents China's first attempt to return pristine asteroid samples to Earth.
Tianwen 2 is equipped with 11 instruments, including cameras, spectrometers, and radars, for analyzing the asteroid.
Tianwen 2 was launched on May 29 aboard a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan.
The CNSA reported that Tianwen-2 has successfully completed a series of orbital tests, including the deployment of sampling equipment and self-checks of electronic systems.
Tianwen-2 was launched in May 2023 with a plan to bring back samples from the asteroid Kamo’oalewa.
After collecting samples, Tianwen-2 is scheduled to return to Earth in late 2027 to drop the samples.
Tianwen-2 will then begin its flight to comet PANSTARRS, aimed to arrive around 2035.