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The Tianwen-2 mission by China targets asteroid 2016 HO3 to gather samples, with plans for future missions to Mars and Jupiter, enhancing space exploration efforts.
China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...
The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.
Asteroid-sampling probe took images day after launch, China’s space agency says, as eight universities carry out mock lunar ...
The deep-space mission is heading for Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid that might be a piece of the moon. China has released a first picture of its Tianwen 2 mission as the spacecraft heads for a ...
If Tianwen-2 pulls this off, China will become the third nation — after Japan and the United States — to retrieve pristine material from an asteroid.
China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...
China's Tianwen-2 probe, which will soon unveil secrets of a near-Earth asteroid, has sent stunning pictures of the Earth and ...
Tianwen-2 will address several questions about the birth of the solar system, the origins of water, and the emergence of life. Over its decade-long voyage in deep space, ...
China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...
Tianwen-2 could help nab Kamo'oalewa's origins once and for all. After spending several months orbiting and observing the asteroid, the spacecraft will attempt to collect physical samples, ...