China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid sample-return mission

China has launched its first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid. The Tianwen-2 mission launched on 28 May from the Xichang satellite launch centre in south-west China, aboard a Long March B rocket.

Authors

Michael Banks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9254-5195)

Institutions

Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)

Publication Details

Journal: Physics World
Published: 2025-08-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/38/07/04
Primary Topic: Radioactive contamination and transfer
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 0.00

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China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid sample-return mission

Michael Banks

Aug 1, 2025

Physics World

Radioactive contamination and transfer

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China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid sample-return mission

Michael Banks

August 1, 2025article en

Abstract

Physics WorldVol. 38(7)

Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)

Openalex Percentile: Top 80%

Radioactive contamination and transfer

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