---
title: "China Finally Unveiled The Rover They’re Sending to Mars in 2020"
description: "Aiming to become a global space giant, China unveils some information on its first mission to Mars in 2020—with the goal of finding ice and water on the Red Planet."
date: "2016-08-25"
modified: "2016-11-29"
authors:
  - name: "Ramon Perez"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ramonperez"
url: "https://futurism.com/china-finally-unveiled-the-rover-theyre-sending-to-mars-in-2020"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Mars"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "china"
  - "mars"
  - "probe"
  - "rover"
---

# China Finally Unveiled The Rover They’re Sending to Mars in 2020

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Mankind's insatiable hunger for knowledge has sparked another mission to find out whether Mars was ever occupied by living organisms.

Stepping back onto the space exploration scene, China is giving us a computer-generated glimpse of the design for its space probe and rover, which will be used in its first ever Mars mission in 2020. The goal: find ice and water on the Red Planet.

[According to Reuters](<http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-mars-idUSKCN10Z07B>), the mission will initially go into orbit around Mars before deploying a lander that will touch down in the low latitudes of Mars' northern hemisphere, where the rover will explore the surface.

Carrying a number of instruments ranging from cameras to a ground-penetrating radar, the lander’s six-wheeled rover will be the one to roam the Red Planet.

Although China would be the fifth country to orbit Mars, [President Xi Jinping's unyielding resolve](<http://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/china-aims-to-become-global-space-giant-says-president-xi-jinping-829891>) to become a global space giant emerged in the undertaking of this endeavor.

"Becoming an aerospace power has always been a dream we've been striving for," he said.