The Tianwen-2 probe arrives at its launch facility ahead of a successful Long March-3B flight on May 29 local time.
Credit: CNSA
China has launched its Tianwen-2 probe on a more than two-year mission to rendezvous with an asteroid and return samples to Earth. The probe launched at 1:31 a.m. local time May 29 aboard a Long March-3B rocket lifting off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China’s national space agency said...
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