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  1. Feb 28

    JAXA has started accepting applications for research on the Ryugu Sample AO (Announcement of Opportunity) system. If you plan to post a proposal, please register for an account by March 25th.

    Proposal registration for the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the Ryugu asteroid sample returned by Hayabusa2 is finally open! In order to submit a sample request for scientific analysis, please create an account by March 25 🔗:
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  2. 20 Mar 2021

    Here's a view of the Sun moving across the sky (due to rotation) seen from the surface of asteroid Ryugu by JAXA's 1B rover, deployed by in September 2018.

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  3. 29 Nov 2021

    Guests from and university. It was a great time with Dr. Tsuda and Prof. Honda to discuss about and science. Thanks for visiting.

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  4. 23 Dec 2021

    Walk with the JAXA curation facility. Thank you very much mission.

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  5. 5 Jan 2021

    Breaking News: Here we go again...

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  6. 7 Jan 2021

    sheds light on when and how asteroid lost its Ryugu 'rubble pile' recently visited by Japan's spacecraft, appear to have lost most water before they came together to form the asteroid in new research...

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  7. 6 Dec 2021

    A year ago, returned to Earth with samples from asteroid Ryugu! Earlier this year I had the chance to study some of these samples. Holding a piece of the universe in my hands is one of the most humbling and fascinating experiences in my life! ☄️🛰

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  9. 25 Dec 2020

    Japanese spacecraft's gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal. They resemble small fragments of charcoal, but the soil samples collected from an asteroid and returned to Earth by a Japanese spacecraft were hardly disappointing. P.C: Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, by JAXA

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  10. Jan 13

    Solar System samples reach us through meteorites and missions like . You'll use experimental techniques to constrain the origin of minerals associated with water on Mars & asteroids to understand planetary evolution - with John Bridges

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  11. Jan 7

    On 6 December 2020, samples from the C-type asteroid 162173 were returned to Earth by . Now, the first analyses of Ryugu samples have been published. ⏯️ ⏯️

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  12. 14 Dec 2020

    If this was NASA, it would be front page news all over the place. JAXA's has returned the first gas sample from deep space and pieces of asteroid Ryugu. A monumental achievement, poised to reveal so much about Earth and the early solar system.

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  13. 6 Dec 2020

    PM Suga: I am truly delighted at the successful retrieval of the capsule returned to earth by space probe, which has traveled in space for six years since its launch. I extend my respect to Professor Tsuda, the project manager who led it to success (1/2)

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  14. 16 Dec 2020

    Japan space agency finds ample , from Officials have found more than anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule of spacecraft brought back from an asteroid this month, a milestone for .

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  15. 17 May 2021

    A new article in No. 83 issue of the magazine "" is now available: ocean experts take on the samples from the asteroid brought back by .

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  16. 23 Jun 2021

    Preparing TEM analysis of samples. Today still with an antarctic , but the real samples are currently being prepared by our colleagues in Japan.

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  17. 16 Dec 2020

    After 6 years in space, the Japanese space probe successfully returned to Earth with samples from the asteroid Ryugu, that could provide an ''exciting key'' to the origins of the Solar System. Guess what? The lander MASCOT is powered with products.

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  18. 10 Jan 2021

    Next week -> " : The Global Outreach and Media Strategy Behind the Successful Asteroid Mission" with Makoto Yoshikawa & of DM to join the webinar on Jan 18 7 pm (JST)

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  19. 1 Sep 2021

    Thanks a lot for supporting this study!! Indeed the discovery of graphene in meteorites will have constructive implications for asteroid sample-return missions like .

    JAXAの探査機「はやぶさ2」から戻ってきたサンプルの分析や、NASAの探査機「OSIRIS-REx」から送られてくるサンプルの分析、さらには将来の小惑星や彗星へのミッションを考える上で、非常に重要な意味を持つ研究成果
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  20. Jan 14

    Details of the sample grains brought back from asteroid by has finally been released! Some of the grains are larger than 1cm. We are incredibly excited for the insights that will be discovered in analysing this material!

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    Ready to investigate the secrets of asteroid Ryugu? The Ryugu sample catalogue with details of the grains that @haya2e_jaxs returned from asteroid Ryugu is now open to explore!
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  21. 8 Dec 2020

    ’s sample return capsule was located in south Australia shortly before dawn local time on December 6. A helicopter crew found it with its parachute draped over a tree.

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