China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa to begin mapping and scientific observations. The mission intends to collect samples to determine if the object is a fragment ejected from the Moon.

China's Tianwen-2 mission has reached the quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa, initiating an effort to collect regolith and resolve the object's mysterious origins.

Global space agencies are developing plasma-based fertilizers and genetically modified rice to overcome the challenges of farming in lunar regolith.