火星,是太阳系中离地球较近的行星,而且自然环境与地球最为类似,是人类开展行星际探测的首选目标。中国首次火星探测任务将于2020年实施,一步实现“绕、着、巡”的目标。8月23日,“中国火星探测工程名称和图形标识全球征集活动”新闻发布会在北京召开,工程主管部门领导、工程两总和各系统两总参加,并首次公布了 Mars, the planet closer to Earth in the solar system, and the natural environment is the most similar to the Earth, is the preferred target of human exploration of the interplanetary. China’s first Mars exploration mission will be implemented in 2020, one step to achieve “around, with, inspection ” goal. On August 23, a Press Conference on Global Call for the Name and Graphics of China’s Mars Exploration Project was held in Beijing. Leaders of the engineering department and two systems of the two projects participated in the project and first announced