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Tianwen-2 closes in on asteroid Kamo’oalewa

China’s Tianwen-2 probe has reached the final approach phase to asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewa, with a landing attempt planned for 4 July 2026. If the mission’s navigation checks keep matching the calculations, the spacecraft will tighten its distance in stages – first to about 2,000 km, then 20 km, and finally 3 km – before trying […]