China's Tianwen-2 probe heads to Earth's quasi-moon Kamo'oalewa for first asteroid landing

China's Tianwen-2 space probe is preparing for the first-ever landing on Kamo'oalewa, an asteroid that orbits the Sun in a path that keeps it near Earth, earning it the nickname "quasi-moon." The mission aims to collect rock samples and return them to Earth for scientific analysis. A successful mission would shed new light on the origin and composition of near-Earth objects.