China's Tianwen-2 Mission Reveals First Images of Mysterious Quasi-Moon
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China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has sent back its first image from over 3 million kilometers away, as it journeys to study and eventually land on the near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa, aiming to collect samples and return them to Earth by 2026, while also exploring the asteroid's origins and potential threats to Earth.
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