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

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

The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket ...

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these ...

China embarked on Thursday on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid, with the nighttime launch of its ...

China on Thursday launched its first space mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid and conduct research back home, ...

China launches its first asteroid sample mission with the Tianwen-2 spacecraft:: May 29, 2025:: Tianwen-2 will reach the ...

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

China launched its mission to obtain samples from nearby asteroids, launching Tianwen-2. China will become the third country ...

China launched its first mission to retrieve asteroid samples, a significant step in the country's ambitious space program.

Plan is for spacecraft to first visit 2016 HO3, which could be a fragment of the moon, then start a seven-year journey to ...