Asteroid Itokawa gives up its secrets
Back in 2005, the first asteroid sample-return mission – Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft – reached its target, the asteroid Itokawa. In 2010, Hayabusa (Japanese for “peregrine falcon”) …
Back in 2005, the first asteroid sample-return mission – Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft – reached its target, the asteroid Itokawa. In 2010, Hayabusa (Japanese for “peregrine falcon”) …
Ever since the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at asteroid Ryugu on June 27, 2018, mission controllers have been busy looking for an ideal landing site. …
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is now rapidly approaching asteroid Ryugu, providing the first-ever close-up views of this near-Earth object. According to The Mainichi, a news source …
Read MoreJapan’s Hayabusa 2 closes in on diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu
In 2010, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa completed an exciting although nail-biting mission to the asteroid Itokawa, successfully returning samples to Earth after first reaching the …
JAXA, the Japanese space agency, has reported finding, as hoped for, particles inside the Hayabusa spacecraft’s sample collecting capsule which it believes are from the …