China has unveiled plans to explore the solar system in the next 10-20 years. A corresponding presentation by the designer Li Chunlai was presented at the Global Space Exploration Conference held in Beijing. The publication Space News drew attention to it.
In 2020, China has planned to send a rover to Mars, after which the country will study near-Earth asteroids using a robotic mission. Around 2030, the Celestial Empire planned to send a soil sample from Mars to Earth. After that, China intends to send a station to Ganymede - the largest satellite of Jupiter and in the solar system.
All these missions, according to Chunlai, have already been approved. In addition, another program is currently being negotiated - sending a probe to Uranus. China has also confirmed plans for an orbital station near Earth and lunar missions.
Space News notes that in 2017, the country will conduct its first experiment on the American segment of the ISS. The partner of Peking University (China) was the NanoRacks company, by order of which the station will track the development of DNA anomalies under conditions of radiation and microgravity.
Ganymede has an ocean hidden under a layer of ice. According to astrobiologists, such a structure of the ocean on a satellite can help create special conditions for the development of primitive life forms in its depths.