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.

Tianwen 2 is China's second planetary exploration mission, following on from the Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter and rover, which launched in 2020. Tianwen 3 will be a Mars sample return mission, launching in ...

China’s Tianwen-2 launched May 29 to collect asteroid samples and study a distant comet, marking a major step in the nation’s ...

China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A ...

In fact, Tianwen 2 isn't China's first sample-return mission; the nation has pulled off two already. Chang'e 5 hauled material from the moon's nearside to Earth in December 2020, and Chang'e 6 ...

Tianwen 2 will not be China's first deep space encounter with an asteroid. The country's Chang'e 2 lunar orbiter made a flyby of the asteroid Toutatis in 2012 as part of an extended mission after ...

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.

Tianwen-2 lifted off on a Long March 3B rocket at 1:31 p.m. Eastern (1731 UTC) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China, climbing into the night sky above the spaceport.

Carrying the Tianwen 2 robotic probe, a Long March 3B rocket blasted off at 1:31 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. After flying for about 18 minutes, ...

In a major milestone for China’s space exploration program, the Tianwen 2 spacecraft has transmitted its first photo from space, marking a significant moment in its mission to study the enigmatic ...