They will be just the third country to achieve this feat
China’s ambitious new mission, which is part of the National Space Administration’s $538,782,000,000,000 plan to recover a portion of a nearby asteroid, might have both financial and scientific rewards.
As nations like the United States and Japan have launched missions to distant planets to see what can be discovered and recovered, new technology and research have enabled the world’s leading space agencies to further up their exploration efforts.
China’s latest aim might deliver a similar rise in fortunes if it succeeds, much as NASA is rumored to have captured a famous astroid that, if distributed equally, could provide every individual on Earth a substantial sum of money.
According to Reuters, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has become the third country to accomplish this accomplishment by launching a new mission to recover samples from an astroid that was discovered (relatively) close to Earth.
From which asteroid will China be collecting samples?
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has set its course for a small nearby asteroid designated 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, whereas the United States has only recently sourced pieces of the Bennu asteroid as part of its OSIRIS-REx mission.
