China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.

China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Earth.

This full-color photo of the moon was taken by the narrow field of view navigation sensor of China's Tianwen 2 asteroid probe on May 30, 2025, when the spacecraft was about 367,000 miles (590,000 ...