China Unveils Tianwen-2 Mission to Return Asteroid Samples and Explore Comet
China’s space program has announced its latest mission, Tianwen-2, which aims to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid and explore a main-belt comet. The spacecraft is currently undergoing launch preparations at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. Tianwen-2 will target the 40-100 meter-diameter asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which is thought to be a fragment of … Read more