China's asteroid sampling spacecraft sends back pictures of Earth and moon


This image released by the China National Space Administration shows a view of the Earth captured by the Tianwen 2 probe on May 30, 2025 and post-processed by scientific researchers. - Supplied/China Daily

BEIJING: China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft had been on its interplanetary itinerary for over 33 days as of Tuesday (July 1) morning, with the robotic probe being more than 12 million kilometres away from Earth, according to the China National Space Administration.

The administration said in a brief news release that the Tianwen 2 spacecraft is travelling in a transfer trajectory toward its destination, an asteroid called 2016 HO3, and had been in a good condition by that morning.

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