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Missions
China Scrubs Chang'e-7 Launch Hours Before Liftoff, Citing Storm and Sun Angles
China postponed the Chang'e-7 lunar south pole mission just hours before its Long March 5 was due to fly, blaming Tropical Storm Narra and a narrow sun-angle window over Shackleton Crater — with the next opportunity at least a month, possibly a year, away.
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Missions
Tianwen-2 Reaches Kamoʻoalewa: China's Sample-Return Probe Begins Its Close Study of Earth's Quasi-Moon
After a 13-month, roughly 1-billion-kilometer chase, China's Tianwen-2 has closed to within 20 km of quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa, kicking off nine months of study before it attempts to grab a piece of what may be a lunar fragment.
