Blastoff! China launches Tianwen-2 probe to collect samples from an Earth ‘quasi-moon’ May 29, 2025 Kim Future Space Exploration Future Space A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched the Tianwen-2 spacecraft from Xichang spaceport in southwestern China on May 28, 2025 at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT; 1:31 a.m. Beijing time on May 29). Credit VideoFromSpace