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Live Science · United Kingdom · China's Tianwen-2 closes on a quasi-moon for a first-of-its-kind asteroid grab
Details the sampling plan: a close encounter beginning 4 July within 20km, then a touch-and-go or a first-ever anchor-and-attach landing in which three legs and a robotic claw grip the asteroid while the collector works.
“A secretive Chinese probe has arrived at one of Earth's quasi-moons and will soon attempt a first-of-its-kind landing.”