China will make its first mission on Mars by 2020

– On January 14, the State Council Information Bureau held a press conference in Beijing, during which it reviewed the latest developments of the Chang-e-4 mission in the Exploration of the moon.

Launch of Chang & # 39; e-5 at the end of this year to bring lunar floor samples

Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the Chinese Space Agency and deputy commander of the Moon exploration project, said that after the success of the Zhang-E4 mission, the fourth phase of the project will Lunar exploration of China and the deep space exploration project had been launched. The return mission will be to collect lunar soil samples via the Chang-e-5 probe at the end of this year. China will also begin the Mars exploration mission by 2020.

Since 2004, China has launched five moon exploration space missions, all of which have been successful: Chang E1, 2 and 3, the entrance and return tests and Chang E4. The Chinese moon exploration project is expected to target rotation, landing and return by 2020.

Welcome to the social and international capital

Wu Yanhua believes that the implementation of the lunar exploration project in China has had a significant impact on commercial spaceflights.The lunar exploration project contains many advanced technologies that benefit the community and have a great conversion value.

"The Chinese government should consider this issue in the next phase, welcoming social and international capital to participate in supporting the financing of these tasks," said Wu Yanhua.

Cooperation with other countries in the exploration of the moon

Li Guoping, secretary general and spokesman for the Chinese Space Agency, said China attaches great importance to international cooperation and space exchanges and hoped to provide opportunities for exploration of the moon to its international counterparts.

In April 2015, the Chinese Space Agency has collected nearly 20 space launch applications in more than 10 countries. In addition, China's giant space station built by China is participating in surveillance missions and is also cooperating with Russia in the development of the isotopic heat source, which allows Chang-e-4 to traverse the darkness of the moon in ways that peaceful, while China cooperates with the European Space Agency. China has also used the US lunar orbit satellite to monitor the Chang-e-4 mission.

Cooperation between China and the rest of the world depends not only on the exploration of the moon, but also on the construction of space stations. Where China cooperates in this area with Russia, Germany, France and several other countries. In this regard, Li Guoping said that the Chinese space station should be built by 2022. He hoped to promote cooperation and international exchanges in the development of equipment, space applications, training of astronauts, space medicine and other areas. He also called on all countries to participate in the use of the Chinese space station to conduct relevant experiments inside and outside the compartments.