China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main asteroid belt. The second in China's interplanetary exploration program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have generated a global map of Mars using data from China's Tianwen 1 orbiter. China's space authorities have released ...

Update: The Long March 3B rocket carrying Tianwen-2 successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan province at 1:31 P.M. EDT on Wednesday, May 28. Six centuries ago, ...

An image showing the Tianwen-2 spacecraft, including its reentry capsule, with the Earth visible in the background. Credit: CNSA HELSINKI — China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has carried out a series of ...

Tianwen 2 will deliver pieces of the odd asteroid Kamo'oalewa to Earth in 2027, if all goes to plan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The mission will sample an asteroid, return to Earth and then head out again to study a second space rock. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A crescent of the northern hemisphere of Mars taken by Tianwen-1's medium-resolution camera in March 2021. Credit: CNSA/PEC ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering ...

China has reaffirmed its ambitious timeline for one of the most complex undertakings in planetary exploration, bringing pieces of Mars back to Earth. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) ...

China's latest deep-space mission is underway. The Tianwen 2 asteroid-comet probe lifted off on Tuesday (May 28), riding into the final frontier atop a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite ...