Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission

Zou, Yongliao; Zhu, Yan; Bai, Yunfei; Wang, Lianguo; Jia, Yingzhuo; Shen, Weihua; Fan, Yu; Liu, Yang; Wang, Chi; Zhang, Aibing; Yu, Guobin; Dong, Jihong; Shu, Rong; He, Zhiping; Zhang, Tielong; Du, Aimin; Mingyi, Fan; Yang, Jianfeng; Zhou, Bin; Wang, Yi; Peng, Yongqing

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2020.11.005

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Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission

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Yongliao Zou

Yan Zhu

Yunfei Bai

Abstract

This paper describes the scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first exploration mission to Mars. An orbiter, carrying a lander and a rover, lifted-off in July 2020 for a journey to Mars where it should arrive in February 2021. A suite of 13 scientific payloads, for in-situ and re...

Subject

Mars Exploration Program

Astrobiology

Exploration of Mars

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