Chinese exploration of asteroid, comet, Jupiter

BEIJING (Global Times) — China plans to carry out near-Earth asteroid sampling and return mission as well as the orbiting probe work of the main belt comet around 2025, Xu Hongliang, the spokesperson of the China National Space Administration, said at a press briefing in Beijing on Saturday.

China will also push forward the orbiting exploration of the Jupiter system and the planetary transit exploration mission, Xu added.