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China’s Tianwen-2 space probe in final preparations for end May launch

Beijing, May 18 (UNI) China’s Tianwen-2 space probe is now in the final stages of preparations for launch at the end of May, China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Sunday.
The probe, part of China’s expanding deep-space exploration programme, has been transferred to the launch area at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province after completing assembly, fuelling, and system testing, reported CGTN – the country’s state-owned media platform.
An ambitious venture, the dual-target deep-space exploration project aims to collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and later study a main-belt comet.
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