A capsule released by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft containing samples from a distant asteroid has landed in southern Australia after travelling three billion miles on a six year voyage. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) said the Hayabusa2 craft had successfully released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it towards Earth to deliver samples from … Read more
A FIREBALL is set to light up the Australian sky on Sunday morning as a capsule containing the first asteroid samples returns to Earth – providing clues about the origins of our planet Japanese capsule carrying first sub-surface samples returning to earth A fireball will light up the sky over the South Australian outback when … Read more
The Japanese spaceship Hayabusa2 will drop a capsule filled with fragments of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu into the Australian outback this coming weekend. Japanese space agency officials said the samples of the Ryugu asteroid – 180 million miles away – were on track to return to Earth on Sunday after separating from the Hayabusa2 spaceship … Read more
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft captures pictures of asteroid Ryugu in stunning detail after touching down on its surface The shots were taken on February 21, 2019, after months of study from orbit Researchers have used the image to interpret some of the asteroid’s history At one point, it must have passed close to the Sun, reddening some of … Read more