China plans to bring Mars sample back to Earth in 2031

China plans to return Mars sample back to Earth in 2031, two years earlier than NASA and ESA's goals.

As part of China Tianwen No. 1 mission, Zhu Rong Mars car took the panoramic view of this red planet

The NASA-ESA joint mission plan will bring the sample collected by the perseverance of the Mars car back to the earth in 2033. The Martian car has been exploring 28 miles (45 kilometers) of the Jezuro meteor pit since February 2021. The project will use the ESA manufacturing number (FETCH) Mars caught sample and put them on the Mars ascetic aircraft (MAV). MAV will emit the sample container to the Mars orbit, where it will be returned by the European earth to the tracker Interception.

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China plans to launch two Mars mission at the end of 2028 and bring the sample back to Earth in July 2031. Compared with the NASA-ESA joint project, the complex multi-launch tasks will have a simpler architecture and will not use roaming cars to sample different places.

The Hirise Camera on March 11, 2022 by the NASA Mars survey orbiting camera and their trajectory images

China's Martian sample collection tasks may use four -foot robots, collect dirt and rocks from a small area through surface sampling, drilling and mobile intelligent sampling.

As Chang'e 5 completed the collection of moon samples, China has accumulated some experience in this field, and Zhu Rong has also explored for a period of time on Mars. I believe that the Mars sample collection task will definitely be completed smoothly. China's aerospace industry is taking off and strives to reach the forefront of the world.

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