spacecraft
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China has also announced its Tianwen-3 spacecraft is scheduled for launch around 2028 and will return Mars samples to Earth around 2031 -- potentially earlier than MMX's sample return.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The spacecraft, revealed to media last Thursday, will stay in Mars' orbit for around three years and will attempt to land on Phobos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
To keep the spacecraft operating, mission controllers have increasingly had to shut down systems and equipment that are no longer essential.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Europe faces glaring gaps across both launch and spacecraft manufacturing.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
After Uranus it will plunge on past Neptune, leaving the solar system, becoming an interstellar spacecraft, fated to roam forever the great ocean between the stars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
