Tag: Asteroid sampling
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China’s Tianwen 2 Snaps a Selfie With Earth on Interplanetary Journey
Tianwen 2 Selfie: A Milestone in Interplanetary Exploration China’s Tianwen 2 mission delivered a playful yet historic moment when it captured a selfie from deep space—one that also shows Earth and marks progress toward a bold asteroid-sampling campaign. The image, released Oct. 1, shows the CNSA spacecraft with the Chinese flag on its side, hovering…
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Tianwen 2 selfie with Earth as it heads to asteroid Kamo’oalewa
Tianwen 2 selfie: a milestone in deep-space exploration China’s Tianwen 2 mission released a striking image on Oct. 1, showing the spacecraft in deep space taking a selfie with Earth in the background. The distant blue-white world shines about 26.5 million miles (43 million km) away, a reminder of how far robotic explorers travel to…
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China’s Tianwen-2 Sends a Deep-Space Selfie with Earth
Tianwen-2 Captures a Selfie in Deep Space Beijing — The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released a striking image from its Tianwen-2 mission, showing the probe’s robotic arm-mounted camera with Earth glowing in the distant background. The foreground features the probe’s own hardware, including the white return capsule and a small Chinese flag, providing a…