In case you haven't been paying attention, there's a new space race going on, and if China's upcoming Mars mission is a ...

The robotic Tianwen-3 mission would travel to the Red Planet, collect 500 grams of samples and return them to Earth by 2031.

Watch footage of China's Zhurong rover moving on the Martian surface. It was captured by a camera the rover deployed on Mars.

According to Hou, microscopic, molecular and isotopic analyses of the samples could provide important insights into Mars' geology and help determine whether the planet was ever habitable.

WENCHANG, China—On a sweltering August night, thousands on China’s Hainan island thronged the beaches around the Wenchang Space Launch Site, phones raised, waiting for a show. Shortly after 8 p.m., ...

China could become the first country to retrieve a Mars soil sample and possibly discover life, past or present, on another ...

China's Tianwen 3 robotic mission is expected to become the world's first Mars sample return mission, with the search for traces of Martian life as its top scientific goal, according to the mission's ...

The Tianwen-1 mission launched into clear skies atop a Long March 5 rocket from Hainan Island’s Wenchang Satellite Launch Center this morning (July 23) at 12:41 a.m. EDT (0441 GMT), reports Space.com.