China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission – Go Health Pro
That’s one reason why Tianwen-2’s roundtrip journey to asteroid Kamoʻoalewa will last just two-and-a-half years. Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission lasted six years from launch through its return to Earth, while NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission made the trip to an asteroid back in seven years. Both visited near-Earth asteroids more distant than Kamoʻoalewa, where … Read more
