which landed on the Moon using a precise landing technique in March 2024. Investigating an asteroid with Tianwen-2 China’s Tianwen-2 mission is an ambitious asteroid sample return and comet ...
This asteroid is a quasi-satellite of Earth, meaning it orbits the Sun but stays close to Earth. Kamoʻoalewa is roughly 131-328 feet (40-100 meters) in diameter and may be a fragment of the Moon ...
It builds on the success of Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating moon, or SLIM, mission, which landed on the moon using a precise landing technique in March 2024. Investigating an asteroid with ...