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Haybusa2

  • Image of asteroid Ryugu as captured by Hayabusa 2's Optical Navigation Camera at 12:50 p.m. JST on June 26,2018
    Space
    Hayabusa 2 makes orbit around asteroid Ryugu
    ​After travelling for over three and a half years through the hostile environment of outer space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has successfully made orbit around the asteroid Ryugu.
  • Artist's impression of Hayabusa 2 approaching Ryugu
    Space
    Hayabusa 2 gets a closer look at asteroid Ryugu
    The Japanese prospecting spacecraft Hayabusa 2 has captured the most detailed images to date of its target – the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. Once at the asteroid, Hayabusa 2 will deploy a lander and three small rovers, before obtaining surface samples for return, and creating an artificial crater.
  • Hayabusa2 was launched on December 3, 2014 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a mission to not only land on an asteroid, but to bomb it
    Space
    Hayabusa2 slingshots to asteroid encounter
    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed today that its Hayabusa2 probe has successfully used the Earth's gravity to slingshot itself towards a rendezvous with an asteroid.
  • Artist's concept of Haybusa2 taking a surface sample on JU3 (Image: JAXA)
    Space
    Hayabusa 2 launches on asteroid bombing mission
    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the Hayabusa2 probe was successfully launched today at 1:22:04 pm JST from the Tanegashima Space Center on a mission to not only land on an asteroid, but to bomb it.