CHINA TO VISIT EARTH'S ‘QUASI-MOON' AND BRING A CHUNK OF IT BACK HOME

Summary from the TLDR newsletter

China's National Space Agency has launched an asteroid sample mission aimed at Asteroid 2016HO3, aka 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, which orbits the Sun. The Tianwen 2 probe rode a Long March 3B rocket into orbit at 1:31 Thursday morning. 2016HO3 is estimated to have a diameter of 40 to 100 meters. It is an attractive target for exploration because it can be reached by a spacecraft traveling at a modest 7 kilometers per second. The probe will reach the asteroid in about a year and then orbit it for a while before landing and attempting to retrieve around 100 grams of material.