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29
May
2025

Tianwen-2 asteroid sample-return mission launches

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📅 29 May 2025 📍 China, Global

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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CNSA engineers and mission teams

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China National Space Administration

Chinese Academy of Sciences