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Chinese Tianwen-2 space probe reaches asteroid for sampling
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Timothy Jones
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China's Tianwen-2 space probe has successfully reached the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa to prepare for sample collection. This mission is a key part of China's long-term space exploration strategy to study the origins of the solar system.
After a yearlong flight of a billion kilometers, a Chinese space probe is set to take samples from an asteroid. The mission is part of what President Xi Jinping calls the country's "space dream."
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