Tianwen-2 spacecraft is equipped with varying sampling modes to perform best in uncertain terrain of 2016 HO3 asteroid.

China’s Tianwen-2 has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, a tiny quasi-satellite of Earth, beginning a mission to collect samples and test its lunar origins.

Update: China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration-

The mission, which was launched in May 2025, is China's first to collect samples from an asteroid.