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According to reports, China intends to return Mars samples to Earth in 2031, two years ahead of NASA and European Space Agency's joint project.
China's Tianwen-1 had started sending pictures of Mars in February last year. The rover had begun exploring the red planet in May 2021.
Sun Zezhou who is the chief designer of Tianwen-1, reportedly presented China's ambitious plan during a presentation.
China plans to haul pristine Mars samples to Earth in 2031, two years earlier than NASA and the European Space Agency plan to do so, according to media reports.
Within the first year of arriving at Mars, China s Tianwen 1 mission has deployed a rover, studied local geography, begun mapping the Red Planet s surface and, of course, snapped some incredible photographs.