27 June 2018
Hayabusa2 reaches Ryugu after a 42 month journey
... this point, we are planning to conduct exploratory activities in the vicinity of the asteroid, including scientific observation of asteroid Ryugu and surveying the asteroid for sample collection." Aside from helping to establish its monetary worth...
16 December 2020
Hayabusa2 delivers first-ever gas sample from an asteroid
...This is thought to be the sample from the first touchdown on Ryugu. The photo looks brown, but our team says “black”! The... – the team are in no doubt that the gas is from Ryugu. Along with the first significant sample of material to be delivered to...
05 April 2019
Hayabusa2 probe 'bombs' asteroid to create a crater
... metre-wide hole in the asteroid after it was fired toward Ryugu’s surface at up to 2 kilometres per second (4,500 miles per...). The SCI was one of several deployable modules carried to Ryugu by Hayabusa2, along with the three landers it released last ...
04 December 2020
Asteroid sample from Hayabusa2 to land on Earth 6 December
... Hayabusa2 has had two attempts at collecting material from Ryugu during its rendezvous with the near-Earth asteroid. It’s...to reveal pristine material that lay hidden beneath the surface. Ryugu appears to be a “rubble pile” carbonaceous asteroid that ...
06 December 2020
Hayabusa2 capsule containing asteroid samples lands on Earth
..."perfect condition," hopefully containing samples from the Ryugu asteroid that could help explain the origins of ... successful, the capsule will contain two samples from the Ryugu asteroid, including the first subsurface asteroid sample ever collected....
24 September 2018
Hayabusa2 rovers land successfully on Ryugu
...job is to create a stereo image of the surface of Ryugu, along with measuring its temperature, rotational motion, and acceleration ...forces. After billions of years of solitude, the surface of Ryugu is soon to get a little busier as two further rovers...
