Tianwen-2 Probe Captures Earth Images en Route to Sample Asteroid and Comet

Tianwen-2 probe captures Earth images en route to sample asteroid and comet

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main asteroid belt. The second in China's interplanetary exploration program (which translates to "Questions to Heaven"), this mission will obtain samples from asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa and return them to Earth.

Tianwen-2 Looks Back at the Earth

China's asteroid probe turned its cameras back towards the Earth and Moon, capturing an image of our home planet on May 30, 2025. The image was taken when the spacecraft was about 590,000 km away, speeding towards asteroid 2016HO3, where it will retrieve a sample and bring it back to Earth before carrying on to main-belt comet 311P. The spacecraft has been in flight for 33 days and is now over 12 million kilometers from Earth.

Tianwen 2 captures Earth and moon from deep space on asteroid mission

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 - China's Tianwen 2 probe has traveled over 12 million kilometers from Earth on its mission to collect asteroid samples, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Tuesday. Now more than

The Earth & Moon | China Tianwen-2 Asteroid Sample/Return & Comet Mission

The Earth & Moon | China Tianwen-2 Asteroid Sample/Return & Comet MissionThe China National Space Administration (CNSA) just released images of the Earth and the Moon taken by its Tianwen-2 spacecraft on its way to sample asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016HO3), a near-Earth object of the Apollo group. Tianwen-2 was launched on May 28, 2025.Tianwen-2 will collect pristine samples from the near-Earth asteroid, 2016HO3 and return them to Earth. Next…

China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft captures stunning images of Earth and Moon on asteroid mission

Earth as seen from 590,000 kilometers away, captured by China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft on May 30, 2025. (Photo: CNSA) BEIJING — China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) on July 1 released stunning images of Earth and the Moon captured by the narrow-angle navigation sensor aboard the Tianwen-2 spacecraft while in orbit recently. According to Xinhua News Agency, the spacecraft took photos of Earth from approximately 590,000 kilometers away and c…