#Latest news with #SampleReturnMissionReuters3 days agoGeneralReutersChina launches mission to retrieve asteroid samplesWASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday embarked on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid with the night time launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, a robotic probe that could make the fast-growing space power the third nation to fetch pristine asteroid rocks.
Reuters3 days agoGeneralReutersChina launches mission to retrieve asteroid samplesWASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday embarked on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid with the night time launch of its Tianwen-2 spacecraft, a robotic probe that could make the fast-growing space power the third nation to fetch pristine asteroid rocks.