China is launching an unmanned exploration mission to Mars.
Getty ImagesChina's space agency shared the name of its first Mars mission on Friday: Tianwen-1, according to Reuters. The unmanned exploration mission is slated to launch this year.
The name is reportedly inspired by a poem by Qu Yuan called "Tianwen," or "Questions to Heaven." The China National Space Administration said all of the country's future planetary exploration missions would carry the name Tianwen to symbolize China's space pursuits, according to Reuters.
China launched its first satellite in 1970, called the Dongfanghong-1. In 2003, it became the third nation to send a human into space with its own rocket (following the Soviet Union and the US). It's now pushing to become a major force in space by 2030.
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