After visiting asteroid, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe heads back to Earth with samples Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft and its science team bid a bittersweet farewell to the asteroid Ryugu, 180 million miles from… Read More
Watch Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe blast away a blizzard of rocks from an asteroid If there was ever any doubt that Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft was able to get access to samples from an… Read More
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 team says spacecraft touches down on asteroid to grab sample Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft successfully touched down today on asteroid Ryugu, more than 200 million miles from Earth, during an… Read More
MASCOT lander sends back otherworldly views of asteroid Ryugu’s rugged terrain Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe and the German-French MASCOT lander have teamed up to send back amazing views of an asteroid… Read More
Boxy MASCOT lander plops itself down on asteroid Ryugu for a 17-hour survey A robotic probe the size of a shoebox set itself down on the asteroid Ryugu, more than 180 million miles… Read More
Check out close-up views of asteroid (plus a movie) from Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission The scientists and engineers behind Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission made history last week when the mission’s mothership dropped two mini-rovers… Read More
Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid Two mini-rovers have sent their first pictures back from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a day after they were… Read More
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe drops off rovers at an asteroid and snaps a shadowy selfie Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe began the climactic phase of its mission overnight by sending out its first two rovers as… Read More
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe closes in on asteroid Ryugu – and captures close-ups Look! Up in the sky! It’s a dumpling … It’s a “Star Trek” Borg cube … It’s the asteroid Ryugu!… Read More
