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China on track to launch Mars sample-return mission in 2028: 'If accurate, this represents a Sputnik moment'

The mission will use two Long March 5 rockets and aims to return about 500 grams of Martian samples in 2031, officials said.

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China is making progress on its Tianwen 3 Mars sample-return mission, which aims to launch in 2028 and return a collection of Red Planet dirt and rock to Earth in 2031.

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China seeks to advance the US and become the first country to bring samples from Mars to Earth with its Tianwen 3 mission.

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China has great ambitions in space. And the scope of these might well begin by being illustrated by an extraordinary mission towards Mars!

China is moving forward with the Tianwen 3 mission, which aims to transport about 500 grams of samples from Mars to Earth in 2031.

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China advances with Tianwen 3, a mission that seeks to launch two rockets in 2028 and bring about about 500 grams of Martian samples around 2030 or 2031. The project could place Beijing ahead of the United States in one of the greatest goals of space exploration: to analyze on the material Earth of Mars and search for life signs.

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Space broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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