Archive · 30 May 2025
China Launches Tianwen-2 Spacecraft for Asteroid Samples
China launched Tianwen-2 to explore space.
It will collect samples from asteroid 2016HO3, which might help us understand how Earth formed, including where water came from.
The probe will also check out comet 311P.
This is part of China's growing space program, which also includes a space station and missions to the moon and Mars.
The mission promises to reveal new things about space.
China launched the Tianwen-2 probe on May 29, 2025.
The probe will gather samples from asteroid 2016HO3.
It will also explore the main-belt comet 311P.
Samples are expected to be returned in about two years.
The mission aims to yield 'groundbreaking discoveries' and expand knowledge of the cosmos.
- Who
- China
- What
- China launched the Tianwen-2 probe to collect samples from asteroid 2016HO3 and explore comet 311P.
- When
- Launched on May 29, 2025
- Where
- Launched from southern China
- Why
- To expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos and explore the solar system's origins.
- Launch Date
- May 29, 2025
- Launch Site
- Southern China
- Asteroid Target
- 2016HO3
- Comet Target
- 311P
- Mission Goal
- Collect samples and explore space
