China has shown off the first images of the rover it plans to sent to Mars in mid-2020 to explore the surface for three months, the latest aim of its ambitious space program.
China in 2003 became the third country to put a man in space with its own rocket, after the former Soviet Union and the United States.
It has touted its plans for moon exploration and in late 2013 completed the first lunar soft landing since 1976 with the Chang'e-3 craft and its Jade Rabbit rover.