The probe will conduct a detailed scientific survey of the asteroid and send a sample back to Earth for further analysis.

China's Tianwen-2 probe beamed home a photo of its target, asteroid 2016HO3, also known as quasi-moon Kamo'oalewa.

After a yearlong flight of a billion kilometers, a Chinese space probe is set to take samples from an asteroid. The mission is part of what President Xi Jinping calls the country's "space dream." The ...

Near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa imaged from a distance of 20 km by Tianwen-2, July 2, 2026. Credit: CNSA HELSINKI — China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the ...

China's state space administration announced ​on Monday its ‌Tianwen-2 probe is now close enough to asteroid 2016H03 to ...

A Chinese spacecraft on a mission to collect and return samples of a near-Earth asteroid beamed back its first image of its ...

Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with its target — a ...

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