Hayabusa2
Japanese asteroid sample-return spacecraft
Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, "Peregrine falcon 2") is an asteroid sample-return mission owned by the Japanese state space agency JAXA. It replaced the Hayabusa mission, which returned asteroid samples for the first time in June 2010.[1]
Hayabusa2 was launched on 3 December 2014 and rendezvoused in space with near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu on 27 June 2018.[2] It surveyed the asteroid for a year and a half and took samples. It left the asteroid in November 2019 and returned the samples to Earth on 5 December 2020.[3][4][5][6]
References
change- ↑ Wendy Zukerman (18 August 2010). "Hayabusa2 will seek the origins of life in space". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ↑ Clark, Stephen (28 June 2018). "Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after three-and-a-half-year journey". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ "Farewell, Ryugu! Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Leaves Asteroid for Journey Home". 2019-11-13.
- ↑ Rincon, Paul (2020-12-05). "Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (5 December 2020). "Japan's Journey to an Asteroid Ends With a Hunt in Australia's Outback - The Hayabusa2 mission has cemented Japan's pioneering role in exploring the Solar System". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ↑ Rincon, Paul (6 December 2020). "Hayabusa-2: Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape". BBC News. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
