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Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”

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July 7, 2026 • 62 views
Original source: Scientific American
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”

China’s Tianwen-2 aims to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa and return them to Earth

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