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Tianwen-1

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

Tianwen-1

Successful Mars orbiter and Zhurong rover mission.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
28 May 2025
Lead / partner
China
Target
Mars
Category
Orbiter / lander / rover
Status
Success
Vehicle
Long March 3B
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown
Duration
10 years (planned) (elapsed)

Why it happened

Tianwen-1 flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of China's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Successful Mars orbiter and Zhurong rover mission.

Results

Successful Mars orbiter and Zhurong rover mission.

Related missions

Tianwen-1 Hope (Emirates Mars Mission) — same_target Hope Perseverance / Ingenuity — same_target Perseverance … InSight — same_target InSight ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli — same_target ExoMars Trace…

Sources & image credits

  • 中新网, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · license: cc-by-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog