China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft sends home 1st photo as it heads for mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid

Two images; on the left an umbrella-shaped solar panel on a black background. on the right, a fuzzy white dot on a dark blue speckled background.

China has released a first picture of its Tianwen 2 mission as the spacecraft heads for a near-Earth asteroid.

Tianwen 2 launched on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is tasked with rendezvousing with and sampling the mysterious asteroid Kamo'oalewa, which is one Earth's seven known "quasi moons." And the mission is proceeding well, according to a first official update.