hayabusa2
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With Time Running Out, Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Fails To Drop Target Marker On Asteroid
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe aborted an attempt to drop a highly reflective target marker on the surface of Ryugu in preparation for its second sample extraction mission. But with surface temperatures rising steadily on the asteroid, the probe is running out of time.
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The Hayabusa2 Mission To Asteroid Ryugu Just Dropped Its First Scientific Results
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 mission has released its first batch of scientific results on asteroid Ryugu — and it’s revealed a bunch of surprises about the small, spinning rock.
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Japanese Spacecraft Hayabusa2 Touches Down On Asteroid Ryugu
The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft has completed one of its most exciting challenges yet: On Thursday evening, it touched down on the asteroid Ryugu, fired a tantalum bullet into the rocky surface, and ascended back into orbit around the tiny world, according to updates from the mission’s English-language Twitter account.
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A Third Probe Has Landed On Asteroid Ryugu, But It May Already Be Dead
Yesterday, a German-French probe called MASCOT began collecting valuable data from the surface of Ryugu, an asteroid located 300 million km from Earth. But it had to get cracking — the shoebox-sized probe was only expected to live for 16 hours.