After the successful exploration of Mars by tianwen-1, the next step of China's aerospace plan has also been made public. Not only asteroids and Mars, but also Jupiter will be the goal of China's astronauts in the future, and there is no lack of sampling and retrieval to realize the dream of cosmic express. In an interview with CCTV, Zhang Rongqiao, chief engineer of China's first Mars exploration mission, revealed that tianwen-2 has entered the preliminary sample development stage, it is expected to launch in 2025 for asteroid sampling and return; It is expected that tianwen-3 will return to Mars in 2028; Tianwen 4 will probe the Jupiter system**
Prior to this, Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the National Space Administration, mentioned in an interview that China's tianwen-1 has successfully landed on Mars. One mission has completed "orbit, fall and patrol", setting a number of records in China:
Launch of ground fire transfer orbit detector for the first time
First interplanetary flight
Soft landing of extraterrestrial planets for the first time
It is the first time to realize the patrol detection of extraterrestrial planet surface
The measurement and control communication with a distance of 400 million kilometers is realized for the first time
First hand Martian scientific data were obtained for the first time
At the same time, he also revealed: Tianwen 2 is sampled from a small planet, Tianwen 3 is sampled from Mars, and Tianwen 4 is to the Jupiter system, so we call it planetary exploration (Engineering)
It is reported that China's planetary exploration project is planned to be completed in the next 10 to 15 years.
In addition, China is still demonstrating the medium and long-term development strategic planning, such as the detection of the edge of the solar system and so on. Facing deeper and farther space, multiple launch vehicles, including heavy rockets, are also in the development stage and are expected to complete their first flight in the next few years.
