China unveils planetary exploration roadmap targeting habitability and extraterrestrial life

Published on March 27, 2025
Enhanced image of Neptune’s moon Triton captured by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, showing a crescent-shaped, geologically complex surface with icy plains, ridges, and faint greenish and reddish hues.

HELSINKI — China is charting a long-term deep space strategy centered on planetary habitability and the search for extraterrestrial life, according to a newly revealed mission roadmap. A slide titled […]

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