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Tianwen-2
Coverage of Tianwen-2 in the Nexus archive.
- Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has transmitted the first image of Earth’s 'mini moon' and is set to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa for return to Earth.
- Chinese Tianwen-2 space probe reaches asteroid for sampling
A Chinese space probe, Tianwen-2, has reached an asteroid after a yearlong journey of a billion kilometers to collect samples, as part of President Xi Jinping's 'space dream' initiative.
- China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrives at one of Earth’s mysterious ‘quasi-moons’
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is approaching the near-Earth asteroid Kamo‘oalewa, aiming to return asteroid samples to Earth by 2027 as part of its mission.