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Hayabusa2
This optical microscope photo provided December 24, 2020, by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shows soil samples, seen inside C compartment of the capsule brought back by Hayabusa2, in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. (JAXA via AP)
December 24, 2020, 3:26 pm
Japan brings home asteroid chips from millions of miles away
Hayabusa2 got charcoal-like samples last year from two locations on the asteroid Ryugu and dropped them in the Australian outback
By Mari Yamaguchi
A small capsule dropped by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, concealed in a container box, arrives at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's research facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, December 8, 2020. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
December 15, 2020, 12:57 pm
Japan delights in asteroid soil samples
Scientists say country’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back gases and hoard of pebbles from its mission to Ryugu
By Mari Yamaguchi
A small capsule dropped by Japans Hayabusa2 spacecraft in a container box arrives at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's research facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo on December 8, 2020. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP)
December 8, 2020, 1:34 pm
Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research
Hayabusa2 spacecraft released capsule Saturday from 220,000 kilometers away, ending 6-year, 5.2 billion-kilometer journey
By Mari Yamaguchi
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