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Development and Testing of the MarSCoDe LIBS Calibration Target in China’s Tianwen-1 Mars Mission
The Mars Surface Composition Detector (MarSCoDe) is a remote sensing instrument mounted on the front deck of the Zhurong rover in China’s Tianwen-1 mission. The MarSCoDe adopts Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectros...
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Open AccessLunar Mineralogical Spectrometer on Chang’E-5 Mission
The Lunar Mineralogical Spectrometer (LMS) is one of the main payloads on the Chang’E-5 (CE-5) lunar probe, belonging to the China Lunar Exploration Program. The scientific objective of the LMS is to explore t...
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Open AccessGround Validation Experiment and Spectral Detection Capability Evaluation of Mars Mineralogical Spectrometer (MMS) Aboard HX-1 Orbiter
As a hyperspectral imager aboard the orbiter “HX-1” of China’s first Mars mission, the Mars Mineralogical Spectrometer (MMS) is designed with hyperspectral and multispectral operation modes to survey the miner...
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Open AccessChina’s Lunar and Planetary Data System: Preserve and Present Reliable Chang’e Project and Tianwen-1 Scientific Data Sets
Data infrastructure systems such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Planetary Data System (PDS), European Space Agency (ESA) Planetary Data Archive (PSA)and Japan Aerospace Exploration...
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Open AccessDetection Capability Verification and Performance Test for the High Resolution Imaging Camera of China’s Tianwen-1 Mission
High-resolution optical cameras have always been important scientific payloads in Mars exploration missions, which can obtain detailed images of Martian surface for the study of geomorphology, topography and g...
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Open AccessDesign and Validation of the Scientific Data Products for China’s Tianwen-1 Mission
The Tianwen-1 mission is China’s first Mars exploration mission. To complete the scientific objectives of “orbiting, landing, and patrolling” in one mission, thirteen instruments for acquiring multi-disciplina...
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Open AccessChina’s Mars Exploration Mission and Science Investigation
China’s first Mars exploration mission (Huo**ng-1) has been named as ‘Tianwen-1’ meaning Heaven Inquiry. Tianwen-1 was launched on July 23, 2020. In this paper, the scientific objectives of earlier and current...
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China’s Chang’e-4 (CE-4) mission is the first human lander/rover mission on the far side of the Moon. Its probe is composed of a lander, rover, and the Queqiao relay satellite. Queqiao was successfully launche...
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Open AccessMars Mineralogical Spectrometer (MMS) on the Tianwen-1 Mission
The Mars Mineralogical Spectrometer (MMS) is a hyperspectral imager onboard the Mars orbiter of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission. MMS consists of 4 subassemblies: an Optical Sensor Unit (OSU),...
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Open AccessLanding Site Selection and Overview of China’s Lunar Landing Missions
Landing site selection is of fundamental importance for lunar landing mission and it is closely related to the scientific goals of the mission. According to the widely concerned lunar science goals and the lan...
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The Chang’e 3 Mission Overview
The Chang’e 3 (CE-3) mission was implemented as the first lander/rover mission of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP). After its successful launch at 01:30 local time on December 2, 2013, CE-3 was ins...