A model of Chinas first moon rover Jade Rabbit is on display at the Fifth Shanghai International Aviation and Space Fair in Shanghai, China, 28 June 2014. China is planning to land a rover on Mars by 2020 and bring back samples from the Red Planet a decade later, according to a top scientist with the countrys Lunar Exploration Program. The Mars probe will be launching an orbiter and a landing rover, Ouyang Ziyuan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and one of the chief scientists of Chinas Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) said on Monday (30 June 2014) at the 22nd International Planetarium Society Conference in Beijing, with 35 other member countries in attendance. The central goal of the mission is to explore extraterrestrial activity and research the planets environment, Ouyang explained. The mission will also mark the beginning of Chinas deeper voyages into outer space, the Shanghai Daily quoted him as saying.
