The Tianwen-2 mission by China targets asteroid 2016 HO3 to gather samples, with plans for future missions to Mars and ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

Over at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province, a CZ-6A launched Yaogan 40 Group 02 into polar orbit on ...

China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid China launched its second planetary exploration mission ...

Carrying the Tianwen-2 asteroid probe, China's Long March-3B carrier rocket takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch ...

China is set to launch its Tianwen-2 asteroid probe and sampling mission on May 29, according to information obtained by ...

China has initiated its pioneering mission to gather materials from a nearby asteroid, marking a major milestone in its space ...

Chinese state media says the mission aims ‘to shed light on the formation and evolution of asteroids’ and the Earth.

China’s Tianwen-2 launched on a sample return mission to asteroid Kamo’oalewa, before heading out for a visit with the Comet ...

The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan, according to Xinhua News Agency. It has entered its planned orbit successfully ...

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, set to make the fast-growing space power the third ...