Blastoff! China launches Tianwen-2 probe to collect samples from an Earth ‘quasi-moon’
Mary
Science Discoveries
A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched the Tianwen-2 spacecraft from Xichang spaceport in southwestern China on May 28, 2025 at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT; 1:31 a.m. Beijing time on May 29).