Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, lit. ' Peregrine falcon 2') is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA. It is a successor to the Hayabusa mission, which returned asteroid samples for the first time in June 2010. [10] .

Mar 28, 2022 · On April 5, an impact device to create the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid. On July 11, Hayabusa2 went on to make its second touchdown and succeeded in collecting subsurface material.

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By investigating a different type of asteroid (type C) from the Itokawa asteroid (type S) that was the target of Hayabusa, Hayabusa2 will explore not only the origins of the planets, but also the origin of the water of Earth’s oceans and the source of life.

Web site of the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 project.

Get information on the Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2". The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performs various activities related to aerospace as an organization, from basic research in the aerospace field to development and utilization.

Dec 21, 2021 · JAXA confirmed that the Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” entered its target orbit to travel to an asteroid Ryugu after the Earth-swing-by on Dec. 3. The Hayabusa2 took images of the Earth using its onboard Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) after the swing-by.

Hayabusa2 is a follow-up to Japan’s original Hayabusa mission, which was the first spacecraft to take samples from an asteroid, and was also the first mission to successfully land and take off from an asteroid.

Nov 3, 2024 · Hayabusa2 is a follow-up to Japan’s original Hayabusa mission, which was the first spacecraft to take samples from an asteroid, and was also the first mission to successfully land and take off from an asteroid.

Mar 30, 2023 · Hayabusa 2 was an asteroid-sample return mission conducted by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Traveling more than 5.2 billion kilometers in its six-year journey, this capsule contained the first sub–surface sample to be successfully collected from an asteroid, which could shed light into how life formed on Earth. To ...