China’s Mars Exploration Mission and Science Investigation

Chunlai Li; Rongqiao Zhang; Dengyun Yu; Guangliang Dong; Jianjun Liu; Yan Geng; Zezhou Sun; Wei Yan; Xin Ren; Yan Su; Wei Zuo; Tielong Zhang; Jinbin Cao; Guangyou Fang; Jianfeng Yang; Rong Shu; Yangting Lin; Yongliao Zou; Dawei Liu; Bin Liu; Deqing Kong; Xinying Zhu; Ziyuan Ouyang

doi:10.1007/s11214-021-00832-9

China’s Mars Exploration Mission and Science Investigation

Chunlai Li^*
, Rongqiao Zhang
, Dengyun Yu
, Guangliang Dong
, Jianjun Liu^*
, Yan Geng
, Zezhou Sun
, Wei Yan
, Xin Ren
, Yan Su
, Wei Zuo
, Tielong Zhang
, Jinbin Cao
, Guangyou Fang
, Jianfeng Yang
, Rong Shu
, Yangting Lin
, Yongliao Zou
, Dawei Liu
, Bin Liu

Deqing Kong, Xinying Zhu, Ziyuan Ouyang

^*Corresponding author for this work

CAS - National Astronomical Observatories
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology
University of Science and Technology of China
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Beihang University
CAS - Aerospace Information Research Institute
CAS - Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics
CAS - Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAS - National Space Science Center
CAS - Institute of Geochemistry

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Abstract

China’s first Mars exploration mission (HuoXing-1) has been named as ‘Tianwen-1’ meaning Heaven Inquiry. Tianwen-1 was launched on July 23, 2020. In this paper, the scientific objectives of earlier and current Mars exploration missions worldwide are reviewed, and the scientific objectives, payloads and preliminary scientific investigation plan of China’s first Mars exploration mission are introduced, and expected scientific achievements are analyzed.

Original language	English
Article number	57
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	217
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00832-9
State	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

In-situ exploration
Mars exploration
Payloads
Remote sensing exploration
Scientific investigation plan

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