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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
An illustrative image of Earth, as viewed from space (YouTube screenshot)
November 1, 2020, 3:11 pm
Tel Aviv University aims to launch shoebox-size satellite next year
The nanosatellite, developed and built by students and researchers, will hitch a ride on a NASA spacecraft and collect data on cosmic radiation in space
By Shoshanna Solomon
An H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Monday, July 20, 2020. (Hiroki Yamauchi/Kyodo News via AP)
July 20, 2020, 1:40 am
First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan
United Arab Emirates wants ‘Amal,’ or ‘Hope’ mission to serve as a source of inspiration for Arab youth, in a region too often wracked by sectarian conflicts and economic crises
By Mari Yamaguchi and Victoria Milko
Israeli startup Utilis uses satellite images to detect and prevent water leakages (Courtesy)
February 24, 2019, 2:40 pm
Outer space tech used by Israeli startup to find water leaks on Earth
Satellites images utilized to seek out the spectral signature of water, aiming to replace the old-school headsets that listen to pipes
By Federico Maccioni
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