18 April 2019
CNSA unveiled its plan to explore an asteroid and a comet, inviting scientists around the world to participate in the programme. The mission will involve exploring a near-Earth asteroid, named 2016HO3, and a main-belt comet, named 133P, said Liu Jizhong, director of the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration. China has offered to carry scientific instruments developed by other countries on the mission, according to Liu. He said the mission is still under discussion. According to the current plan, a probe will be sent to fly around asteroid 2016HO3 and then land on it to collect samples.
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