04 December 2020
Asteroid sample from Hayabusa2 to land on Earth 6 December
... the surface of Earth. On hand will be the awaiting Hayabusa2 collection team, who are hoping to locate the return capsule ...the results will grow greatly,” says Hayabusa2 project member Satoru Nakazawa. Hayabusa2 has had two attempts at collecting ...
16 December 2020
Hayabusa2 delivers first-ever gas sample from an asteroid
Following the exciting news that the Hayabusa2 sample-return mission had successfully collected grain-sized...team says “black”! The sample return is a great success!” Said the Hayabusa2 team via Twitter at the time. Shortly after the capsule had been ...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
...identify different molecules by looking at the wavelengths of reflected light, and a laser altimeter for precise distance measurements. Hayabusa2 took images of the Earth using its onboard Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T). The ONC-T can...
06 December 2020
Hayabusa2 capsule containing asteroid samples lands on Earth
... some 220,000 kilometres (137,000 miles) away. Speaking at a press conference, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 project manager Yuichi Tsuda said; "The capsule was in perfect condition. We're looking forward to opening it up." If the...
22 December 2021
Scientists present the first-ever analysis of samples retrieved from Ryugu
...on Earth for study. Just over a year ago, samples collected by Hayabusa2 when it blew a hole in a kilometre-wide, rare c-type and... from ground-based observations and measurements taken by Hayabusa2 during its mission that the ancient space rock was...
24 September 2018
Hayabusa2 rovers land successfully on Ryugu
... on small bodies,” said Yuichi Tsuda, Project Manager for Hayabusa2. The rovers, collectively named MINERVA-II1 – which stands ... Asteroid” – have been stowed away on the bottom of Hayabusa2 during its long journey to this carbon-rich, diamond-shaped ...
