• Subscribe
  • News
  • Astronautics
  • Science
  • Environment
  • Security
  • Specials
  • Opinion
  • Lounge
  • Reviews
  • Quick subscription
  • Board
  • Team
  • Advertising
  • Contributors
  • Industry
  • Foreword
  • Partners
  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
  • Home
  • News
  • Astronautics
  • Science
  • Environment
  • Security
  • Specials
  • Opinion
  • Lounge
  • Reviews

Articles tagged: Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI)

  • C-type asteroids, Hayabusa-2, JAXA, Ryugu, Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) 05 April 2019 Hayabusa2 probe 'bombs' asteroid to create a crater

    ... of day thanks to the explosive device that the spacecraft dropped. The explosive device, called the Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI), is a 14 kilogram conical container packed with plastic explosive. It was intended to carve out a 10 metre-wide hole...

    • C-type asteroids
    • Hayabusa-2
    • JAXA
    • Ryugu
    • Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI)
  • asteroid, Hayabusa2, JAXA, Ryugu, Spacecraft January 2019 Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began

    ...was planning to make at least one landing to gather material to return to Earth and also drop a small carry-on impactor (SCI) to generate an artificial crater to expose subsurface material. In August, the international science team for the spacecraft...

    • asteroid
    • Hayabusa2
    • JAXA
    • Ryugu
    • Spacecraft
    Authors: Elizabeth Tasker     Makoto Yoshikawa    
  • Hayabusa-2, JAXA, Ryugu 27 June 2018 Hayabusa2 reaches Ryugu after a 42 month journey

    ...-sized lander called MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout) to help identify its chemical composition and a Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) designed to blow a hole in the asteroid surface. The explosion is to remove the asteroid’s weathered surface and...

    • Hayabusa-2
    • JAXA
    • Ryugu

ROOM Space Journal Trends

Room Space

astronomy magazine

air and space magazine

air space magazine

air and space magazine subscription

air and space smithsonian magazine

airplane magazine

all about space

air & space magazine subscription

astronomy magazines list

  • Home
  • Board
  • Team
  • Vacancies
  • Advertising
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Partners
  • Contents
  • Archives
  • Reviews
  • Submit an article
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Imprint
  • Quick subscription
  • Submit an article
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Imprint
  • ROOM, Space Magazine Cover
  • Contact us: subscription@room.eu.com
  • Phone: +44 7977 469 741
  • Follow us:
© 2014 - 2025 Copyright beta version "Room The Space Journal of Asgardia". ISSN 2412 - 4311. All Rights reserved