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The solar wind plasma upstream of Mars observed by Tianwen-1: Comparison with Mars Express and MAVEN

Fränz, Markus; He, Jiansen; Rong, Zhaojin +16 more

On the great journey to Mars, China's first planetary exploration mission, the Tianwen-1 came within 26 million kilometers of Mars from 31 October 2020 to 25 January 2021 and was getting closer to its destination, the red planet, in search of answers to the cataclysmic climate change that occurred in Martian history. Both the escape of the Martian…