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Render of the ZhengHe near-Earth asteroid/comet orbiter spacecraft.
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China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025

HELSINKI — China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid next year, an official with the country’s space agency said Tuesday. Tianwen-2 is scheduled to launch in […]

by Andrew Jones September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Render of the ZhengHe near-Earth asteroid/comet orbiter spacecraft.
Posted inCivil

Chinese scientists call for focus on asteroid missions

by Andrew Jones March 26, 2024March 26, 2024
Dinkinesh flyby
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Lucy Spacecraft Preparing for its First Asteroid Flyby

by SpaceRef October 20, 2023July 15, 2024
SRC touched down in the Utah Desert with samples from Asteroid Bennu
Posted inPress Release

OSIRIS-REx Has Returned Samples From Asteroid Bennu

by SpaceRef September 24, 2023July 15, 2024
Posted inCivil

Probing the origin and evolution of water-rich asteroids

by Miriam Klaczynska August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Render of the ZhengHe near-Earth asteroid/comet orbiter spacecraft.
Posted inCivil

China conducts parachute tests for asteroid sample return mission

by Andrew Jones June 26, 2023June 26, 2023
MBR Explorer
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UAE outlines plans for asteroid mission

by Jeff Foust June 3, 2023June 3, 2023
As the NASA Lucy spacecraft travels through the inner edge of the main asteroid belt in the Fall of 2023, the spacecraft will fly by the small, as-of-yet unnamed, asteroid (152830) 1999 VD57. This graphic shows a top-down view of the Solar System indicating the spacecraft's trajectory shortly before the November 1 encounter. Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Lucy Spacecraft Adjusts Course For An steroid Flyby In November

by SpaceRef May 19, 2023July 15, 2024
An asteroid portrayed to be passing in front of the blue-green Earth and the moon.
Posted inCivil

China to target asteroid 2019 VL5 for 2025 planetary defense test

by Andrew Jones April 11, 2023April 12, 2023
A high-angle annular dark-field
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New Insights From An Ancient Asteroid

by SpaceRef February 28, 2023July 15, 2024

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