News Archive / Tagged: Ryugu

• JAXA releases video of dramatic Hayabusa 2 asteroid touchdown

  Derek RichardsonMarch 10th, 2019

  The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft briefly touched down on asteroid Ryugu on Feb. 21, 2019, in order to collect samples by firing a bullet into the surface.

• Hayabusa-2 successfully touches down on asteroid Ryugu

  Laurel KornfeldFebruary 22nd, 2019

  Japan's Hayabusa-2 successfully landed on the surface of asteroid Ryugu Feb. 21 and attempted to collect samples to return to Earth for analysis.

• European MASCOT spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 5th, 2018

  An asteroid that could strike Earth is being studied by spacecraft, landers and rovers to provide clues about this potential threat.

• Japan successfully lands two small rovers on asteroid Ryugu

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 23rd, 2018

  Touchdown! JAXA has made history at asteroid Ryugu!

• Hayabusa 2 arrives at asteroid Ryugu

  Jim SharkeyJune 29th, 2018

  After a journey of about 2 million miles (3.2 billion kilometers), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA)  Haybusa 2 spacecraft rendezvoused with its target, the asteroid Ryugu. This latest milestone marked a critical point in a mission designed to investigate these tiny remnants of the formation of our solar system.