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China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-Moon
China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe has rendezvoused with Earth’s quasi-moon and sent back the first pictures of asteroid Kamo’oalewa. The next step involves landing on the asteroid’s surface to collect samples for return to Earth.
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