China may try to bring back samples from Mars two years before NASA and ESA

17 While NASA and the European Space Agency prepare for the mission Mars Sample Return (MSR)a senior Chinese official unveiled the architecture of a mission also recovering samples to bring them back to Earth. A simpler and less scientific plan... To be the first? However, it will not be a health walk. A bit of Mars at home It has been several years since the Chinese space authorities expressed their desire to bring back samples from the surface of Mars. However, these hopes have only been able to materialize since the successful launch of the Tianwen-1 mission last year, followed…