Erste chinesische Mission, einen Asteroiden zu probieren, beginnt seine Reise
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01672-1?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=14677106
Erste chinesische Mission, einen Asteroiden zu probieren, beginnt seine Reise
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01672-1?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=14677106
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China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before making a final visit to a distant comet.
Tianwen-2 blasted off from Xichang launch centre in southern China at 1:31AM Beijing time today.
The spacecraft is now on its way to Kamo‘oalewa, an asteroid between 40 and 100 metres wide. The asteroid’s small size and fast spin — a full rotation takes only 28 minutes — will make gathering samples challenging.