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China is planning to retrieve samples from Mars to Earth two years before NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), reports suggest. This new 2-launch mission profile was unveiled in a recent event by the Chief designer of Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter and rover mission, Sun Zezhou. According to the plan, it will a single Mars landing with a lift off scheduled in late 2028. If all goes well, Earth would be receiving its first Martian samples by July 2031. Sun added later that the mission will be called Tianwen-3 and would be launched by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)...
