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China, asteroid and Xichang Satellite Launch Center

CNN on MSN · 2d

China mission lifts off to explore two unusual objects that haven’t been visited by spacecraft before

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid that acts like a comet.

The New York Times · 2d

China Launches Mission to Capture Pieces of an Unusual Asteroid

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

UPI on MSN · 2d

China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid and comet study mission

China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

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China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

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China launches Tianwen-2 space probe to collect samples from asteroid near Mars

The Tianwen-2 mission by China targets asteroid 2016 HO3 to gather samples, with plans for future missions to Mars and ...

Space.com on MSN2d

China launches Tianwen 2 mission to snag samples of a near-Earth asteroid (video)

Tianwen 2 is China's second planetary exploration mission, following on from the Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter and rover, which ...

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