Tianwen-2 unverified mission timeline:
🚀 Launch: May 29, 2025
🛰️ Arrival at asteroid Kamoʻoalewa: July 4, 2026
👋 Departure: April 24, 2027
🌏 Reentry capsule landing: Nov. 29, 2027
☄️Arrival at comet 311P: Jan. 24, 2035
Source: m.weibo.cn/detail/5154207…
Simplified timeline: 1 year outgoing flight, 1 year stay there and 0.5 year flight back, for 2.5 years from launch to samples returing to earth.
one probe 2 asteroids?
China Space Agency is filled of fun projects. So cool to see this.Join the conversation
