Tag Archives: Ryugu

[ad_1] This spectacular photo shows the view of the Ryugu asteroid of the Minerva-II1A rover after its successful landing on September 21, 2018. The spacecraft is one of the two that landed …

[ad_1] The Japanese space probe on Friday released a pair of exploration probes to an egg-shaped asteroid to collect mineral samples likely to shed light on the origin of the solar system. …

[ad_1] The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 captured this image of the asteroid Ryugu (and its own shadow) on the night of September 20, 2018, when the probe was about 440 feet (135 meters) …

[ad_1] The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 took this picture around midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, on September 21, 2018, as he deployed the two tiny MINERVA-II1 larvae to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. …

[ad_1] After a 42-month trip into space, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 finally reached its destination – a small rock cube named Ryugu, known as Asteroid 162173, 200 million miles away of …

[ad_1] After a 42-month trip into space, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 finally reached its destination – a small rock cube named Ryugu, known as Asteroid 162173, 200 million miles away of …

[ad_1] If all goes as planned, two spacecraft will start curious close encounters with two asteroids separated by the end of August. Their goal: to recover samples that may contain organic materials …

[ad_1] A photo of the Ryugu asteroid that was discovered in 1999. The asteroid is the main focus of the Hayabusa2 mission of the Japanese space agency. After its launch in 2014, …

[ad_1] The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 has reached its closest distance from its target asteroid, the Ryugu. A photo taken on June 24 revealed the interesting form of the asteroid, which scientists have …

[ad_1] Here is the mission of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2: Fly to a carbon-rich asteroid between the orbits of Earth and Mars, study it for a year and a half and then …