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Tianwen-2

CNSA · Launch: 29 May 2025

China's asteroid sample-return mission to near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, followed by a comet rendezvous.

Objective: Return asteroid samples, then study main-belt comet 311P.

Sample capsule returns to Earth

Late 2027

Target date · may change

Mission details

Rocket & spacecraft
Long March 3B
Destination
Asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, then comet 311P
Duration
~10 years
  • Kamoʻoalewa may be a fragment of our Moon.
  • A capsule drops samples to Earth while the probe continues to a comet.
  • China's first asteroid sample-return.

Milestones

2 of 4 reached

  1. Launch

    May 2025

  2. Arrival at Kamoʻoalewa

    2026

  3. Sample return to Earth

    2027Provisional

  4. Comet 311P arrival

    2035Provisional

Future dates are agency targets, not confirmed schedules.

Curated dataset

Official source: CNSA →