China launched Tianwen-2, its first mission designed to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth. The mission extended China’s deep-space exploration beyond lunar and Mars missions. Scientific prestige and technological capability are increasingly central to China’s global position, though access to space and the distribution of scientific benefits remain highly unequal worldwide.
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