Thursday, July 11, 2019

Hayabusa2 Has Collected More Samples from the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu!

A snapshot of Hayabusa2's sampler horn making contact with the surface of asteroid Ryugu...as seen from the spacecraft's small monitor camera on July 11, 2019.
JAXA

Success of the Second Touchdown of Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa 2 (Press Release)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed a series of operations for the second touchdown of Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 on the Ryugu asteroid and the collection of its soil samples.

From the data sent from Hayabusa2, it has been confirmed that the touchdown sequence, including the discharge of a projectile for sampling, was completed successfully. Hayabusa2 is functioning normally, and thus the second touchdown ended with success.

Source: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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