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 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.

Das Programm Tianwen ist Teil einer ehrgeizigen Weltraummission von China. Die zweite Sonde hat seit ihrem Start bereits eine Milliarde Kilometer zurückgelegt.

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…

China a anunțat că sonda spațială Tianwen-2 a ajuns în apropierea asteroidului Kamo'oalewa, un obiect cosmic aflat în vecinătatea Terrei.

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.

Tianwen-2, qui doit ramener sur Terre des échantillons d'un astéroïde, est arrivée près de sa cible pour entamer son exploration scientifique.

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.

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.

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.