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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has reached asteroid Ryugu

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After a 3.5-year journey, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced that its Hayabusa2 finally reached an asteroid some 180 million miles away from Earth. @JAXA_en
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1:19
· 27 jun.

Japan’s () spacecraft has reached its target asteroid Ryugu some 180 million miles away from Earth. explains

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· 27 jun.

Look, it’s the two asteroids of Hayabusa and (roughly) to scale! Thank you, ! Our destination is bigger this time, but will the challenges scale up or down?

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0:57
· 27 jun.

From one asteroid exploration team to another, congratulations on your arrival at asteroid Ryugu, ! ☄️🎉 Let the collaboration continue!

Two Pieces of a Cosmic Puzzle: Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx - OSIRIS-REx Mission
It began with dust. Before there were asteroids, or planets, or people – about 4.6 billion years ago – a cloud of dust and gas swirled in the cosmos. At the center, a star began to form. With heat and shock waves, clumps of this ancient dust coalesced into droplets of molten rock called chondrules. […]
asteroidmission.org
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· 27 jun.

Today, space probe has successfully reached the asteroid after a three-and-a-half year trip. is expected to return in 2020 with valuable samples. Check the following link to learn more about 2’s progress!

JAXA | Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2"
Get information on the Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2". The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performs various activities related to aerospace as an organization, from basic research in the aerospace field to development and utilization.
global.jaxa.jp
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· 27 jun.

Omedetō on arrival at ! We are v. happy that ESA's deep-space stations could support your extraordinary accomplishment 300 million km away! 頑張ってください!

Tracking Japan’s asteroid sample mission
ESA is set to support Japan’s ‘touch-and-go’ Hayabusa-2 spacecraft, now en route to a little-known asteroid, helping to boost the scientific return from this audacious mission.
esa.int
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· 27 jun.

3 years & 300 million km later, today's the day! The asteroid-capturing spaceprobe () has reached its destination at Ryugu ☄️ The goal is to collect some of the asteroid's materials & send them back home to Earth 🌍

Japan and Germany on asteroid capture
After three and a half years of flight, the Hayabusa2 probe will reach the asteroid Ryugu. Its task: Collect asteroid dust. The German landing device MASCOT is also on board. It's due to land on Ryugu in October.
dw.com
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· 27 jun.

Finally arrived! ’s lander and ’s are at their destination, the Ryugu. Its angular shape was a surprise. Image: JAXA; Univ Tokyo, Kochi, Rikkyo, Nagoya, Meiji, Aizu; Chiba IoT; AIST; NEC.

On the trail of a near-Earth asteroid – the Hayabusa2 spacecraft and MASCOT lander reach Ryugu
The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft has made a 3200-million-kilometre journey with the German-French Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander on board. The two spacecraft have been travelling throu...
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· 28 jun.

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft has made a successful rendezvous with the asteroid Ryugu. Up next: exploring the surface – and bringing a sample back to Earth 🌏

Japan's Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Arrives At Its Asteroid Destination
The mission includes a plan to bring a sample back to Earth. It's the first time humans have been able to study a C-type asteroid at such a close range for an extended period.
npr.org
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· 26 jun.

Before we could see the shape of Ryugu, what did the Hayabusa2 team expect? From the realistic to the horrifying to the edible, these were our best guesses!

2018/06/26 Topics
'Ryugu' by 3 + 34 people: Professional creators and Project Members take a guess about what Ryugu might look like.
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· 28 jun.

After 4-year journey through space, Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 begins an 18-month visit to asteroid Ryugu. It’ll send a lander to tiny asteroid and bring samples back to earth. Awesome.

Asteroid Arrival! Japanese Probe Reaches 'Spinning-Top' Space Rock Ryugu
The explorer probe Hayabusa2 has successfully rendezvoused with Ryugu, beginning an 18-month stay at the diamond-shaped asteroid.
space.com
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· 4 jun.

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