China's Tianwen-2 Mission: A New Frontier in Asteroid Sampling
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China's Tianwen 2 mission was launched to study and sample the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, a 'quasi-moon' of Earth, with plans to return samples by 2027 and explore comet 311P/PANSTARRS in 2035, advancing China's space exploration efforts.
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