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China's Bold Space Endeavors: Tianwen-2 and Methane-Powered Rocket Launch
- China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission at the end of May 2025 from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre to sample asteroid Kamoʻoalewa.
- The mission follows China's lunar sample returns and aims to join the US, Russia, and Japan in interplanetary asteroid exploration efforts.
- Tianwen-2 will use up to three sampling methods, including touch-and-go, scraping with a robotic arm, and anchored drilling, over about two-and-a-half years.
- The spacecraft plans to gather a sample mass ranging from a couple of hundred grams up to one kilogram, return these materials to Earth by the end of 2027, and subsequently proceed to orbit comet 311P/PANSTARRS located within the asteroid belt.
- If successful, Tianwen-2 will mark China’s first sampling of an interplanetary body and advance its planetary exploration and planetary defense capabilities.
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China to launch Tianwen-2 asteroid sampling mission on May 28
HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft […] The post China to launch Tianwen-2 asteroid sampling mission on May 28 appeared first on SpaceNews.
China's Bold Space Endeavors: Tianwen-2 and Methane-Powered Rocket Launch
China's Bold Space Endeavors: Tianwen-2 and Methane-Powered Rocket Launch China is set to intensify its space exploration activities with the imminent launch of the Tianwen-2 asteroid probe, scheduled for late May. This mission marks the nation’s first attempt to gather samples from a near-Earth asteroid, an endeavor reported by state-run CCTV.Zhuque-2E, a methane-powered rocket developed by China's private startup, LandSpace Technology, success…
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