Ryugu
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Ryugu is an asteroid that was visited by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2. Hayabusa2 arrived at Ryugu in June 2018 and successfully returned a sample from the asteroid to Earth in December 2020. The spacecraft deployed rovers and a lander to the surface of Ryugu, and also collected a sample by firing a projectile into the surface to expose subsurface material. This mission was part of Japan's Hayabusa program, which aims to study asteroids and return samples to Earth.1
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…3, 2014, to the asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft had the same basic design as the first Hayabusa. However, instead of one rover, it carried three: the MINERVA-II1 rovers 1A and 1B and MINERVA-II2 rover 2. It also had a small lander, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which had been developed…
Read More…3, 2014, to the asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft had the same basic design as the first Hayabusa. However, instead of one rover, it carried three: the MINERVA-II1 rovers 1A and 1B and MINERVA-II2 rover 2. It also had a small lander, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which had been developed…
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…from Kagoshima to the asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft had the same basic design as the first Hayabusa. However, instead of one rover, it carried three: the MINERVA-II1 rovers 1A and 1B and MINERVA-II2 rover 2. It also had a small lander, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which had been developed…
Read More…from Kagoshima to the asteroid Ryugu. The spacecraft had the same basic design as the first Hayabusa. However, instead of one rover, it carried three: the MINERVA-II1 rovers 1A and 1B and MINERVA-II2 rover 2. It also had a small lander, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which had been developed…
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