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China Is About To Land On Earth’s ‘Mini-Moon’ — What To Know


China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is about to arrive at Kamoʻoalewa, Earth’s mysterious “mini-moon,” to collect samples that may reveal a lunar origin.

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