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Can a spacecraft land on a teeny tiny asteroid? Japan's Hayabusa2 will certainly try

The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...
Space on MSN

How Bits Of Asteroid Ryugu Were Shipped To NASA?

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...
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Europe teams with Japan on asteroid mission, beefs up space cooperation with South Korea

The European Space Agency signed a cooperation deal with South Korea and advanced a rideshare mission with Japan, as the ...

Japanese spacecraft eyes tricky asteroid landing

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to not only land on and launch from an asteroid (Itokawa), but successfully ...
Science Daily

Asteroid Ryugu’s hidden waters could explain how Earth got its oceans

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...
WRBL

Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese capsule carrying the ...

Japan retrieves asteroid samples in hunt for origins of planets

Japan has retrieved a capsule of asteroid dust from Australia's remote outback after a six-year mission that may help uncover more about the origins of the planets and water, the Asian nation's space ...

Asteroid KY26 smaller and faster than believed, posing new challenge for Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 mission is currently on an extended journey that will take it to KY26 in 2031.
Yahoo

Japan to provide H3 rocket for Europe's mission to observe Apophis asteroid

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 rocket as a launch vehicle, a Japanese space agency official ...
Aviation Week

Japan Makes Asteroid Samples Available To Researchers

DATA DUMP: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to distribute some of the minute samples its Hayabusa probe returned from the asteroid Itakowa. The spacecraft, which imaged its shadow ...
Wall Street Journal

Japan’s Asteroid Mission Retrieves Lots of Black Dirt

TOKYO—Japan’s space agency said it recovered far more black dirt than it was targeting from the asteroid Ryugu, confirming the success of its Hayabusa2 mission nine days after it delivered its payload ...
Courthouse News Service

Japan Asteroid

FILE - This computer graphics image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the Hayabusa2 spacecraft above the asteroid Ryugu. Japan’s space agency JAXA said Thursday, July 11, ...