Tianwen-3
(future Chinese Mars sample return mission)
Tianwen-3 is a future Chinese Mars mission
to return samples from Mars.
Its launch is intended to use the December 2028-January 2029
Mars launch window.
The plan is to return the sample to Earth in 2031.
(Mars,probe,spacecraft,Chinese)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-3
https://www.planetary.org/articles/tianwen-3-china-mars-sample-return-mission
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202603/1356858.shtml
https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/n6465645/n6465648/c10652198/part/10652214.pdf
https://www.china-in-space.com/p/tianwen-3-international-instruments
https://spacenews.com/china-opens-2028-mars-sample-return-mission-to-international-cooperation/
https://spacenews.com/chinas-tianwen-3-mars-sample-return-mission-moves-into-spacecraft-construction-phase/
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1rsmob7/chinas_tianwen3_mars_sample_return_mission_moves/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024NSRev..11E.313H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025LPICo3090.1305T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024EGUGA..2611596Z/abstract
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