Space achievements listed among top 10 scientific advances of 2021

China’s Ministry of Science and Technology issued a list of the top 10 domestic scientific advances of 2021 Monday.

The selected achievements include the Tianwen-1 Mars probe’s successful landing on Mars, lunar evolution revealed by lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, and the successful launch of China’s space station core module Tianhe, and Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-13 manned spaceships’ successful launch and docking with the core module, according to the list issued by the High Tech Research and Development Center of the ministry.

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