China’s Tianwen-2 aims to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa and return them to Earth

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.

China’s Tianwen-2 probe targets asteroid Kamoʻoalewa to solve a cosmic mystery: is this near-Earth space rock a lost fragment blasted off our Moon?

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

Erst der Mond, dann der Mars – jetzt hat China einen Asteroiden im Visier. Nach gut einem Jahr Flug hat die Sonde «Tianwen 2» ihr Ziel erreicht. Nun sollen Proben entnommen werden.

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

Ein Jahr nachdem die chinesische Weltraumsonde Tianwen-2 gestartet wurde, hat sie ihr erstes Forschungsziel erreicht. Auf Kamoʻoalewa soll sie Proben entnehmen.

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…

Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo'oalewa, first image revealed China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the near Earth asteroid to be a…

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

China’s Tianwen-2 aims to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa and return them to Earth

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

Some astronomers have theorized that the space rock may be a chunk of material that broke off the moon. China’s Tianwen-2 mission aims to bring a sample of it to Earth.

De bedoeling is dat de Chinese sonde materiaal van het kleine hemellichaam verzamelt en het terugstuurt naar de aarde.

Did you know Earth has a 'minimoon'? It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamoʻoalewa.

L'Agenzia spaziale cinese (CNSA) ha condiviso la prima foto ravvicinata dell'asteroide Kamoʻoalewa, raggiunto nei giorni scorsi da una sonda cinese

China's Tianwen-2 probe has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, a quasi-satellite near Earth, aiming to collect samples that could confirm its suspected lunar origins.

This is the first image of a rare 'minimoon' that loops around the Earth like a dance partner.

Se la conoce como asteroide 2016HO3, o Kamoʻoalewa.Una sonda china acaba de enviar su primera imagen a 20 lm de distancia de ella.

Some scientists believe the quasi-moon could have been created when a massive impact knocked a chunk of our own moon into space between 1 million and 10 million years ago.