The Chinese space agency has selected asteroid 2019 VL5 as the target of a mission launching in 2025.
check in on the asteroid. China has also prepared for follow-up observations using ground-based telescopes, as well as space telescopes like Xuntian, SpaceNews reported., which slammed into an asteroid in September 2022 and successfully altered its trajectory. DART targeted a binary asteroid system, colliding with Dimorphos, a 525-foot-wide asteroid that orbits a larger space rock. However, China’s mission is aiming for a much smaller asteroid, while sending two spacecraft after it instead.
China’s space program is competing with the U.S. on most fronts, including establishing a sustained presence on the lunar surface. Wthe two countries can join forces against a common threat.
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