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The Yabusa 2 spacecraft near asteroid Ryugu, courtesy of JAXA

Surprising discoveries about the carbon richness of asteroid Ryugu and the composition of matter in the early solar system

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Japanese researchers who examined the soft materials that returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugo in the Yabusa 2 spacecraft now estimate that the protoplanetary bodies from which the planets and asteroids were formed were richer in carbon than previously thought, and that until now the examination of meteorites that fell on Earth was interpreted as earthly pollution
Simulation of the re-entry into the atmosphere of a probe that separated from the Yabusa 2 spacecraft and landed a soil sample from the asteroid Ryogo in Australia. Figure: Japanese space agency JAXA

Japan has landed the Yabusa 2 soil sample from the asteroid Ryugo in Australia

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The Yabusa 2 spacecraft itself continued on its way and will meet with another asteroid in 2031
Asteroid Ryogo as photographed by the Yabusa 2 spacecraft. The dust has escaped into space.

Asteroid Ryugu findings – interim summary

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Yabusa 2. Image: Japanese Space Agency

Watch: The Yabosa 2 spacecraft landed on the asteroid, collected a soil sample and took off

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This dynamic image was taken by the 1A probe on September 22 at around 11:44 Japan time (15:44 Israel time). The image shows the surface of the asteroid Ryugo during a jump. In the left half of the image, the surface of Ryogo is visible, while the bright spot on the left side was created as a result of exposure to sunlight. Photo: Yabusa 2 project, Japanese space agency JAXA.

The Japanese probes that landed on an asteroid renewed contact with Earth and transmitted images and data

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Probes 1A and 1B (left and center) together with the Minerva 2 spacecraft that will land at a later date on the asteroid Ryugu. Image: JAXA

The Japanese Space Agency has lost contact with two small spacecraft that separated from the Yabusa 2 and were on their way to land on the asteroid Ryogo

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Towards the landing of MASCOT on the asteroid Ryogo from the spacecraft Yabosa 2: the operation manager talks about the planning

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The heavy Falcon on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, November 28, 2017. The huge vehicle was briefly placed on the launch pad, as part of a test for the first static combustion test, only after which the company will give the green light for the maiden flight. Source: SpaceX.

The space missions of 2018: from the world's most powerful launcher to the successor to the Kepler space telescope

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Imaging of the Osiris-Rex probe

NASA will launch the Osiris-Rex probe to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth

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A complex and challenging task. The spacecraft landed on the asteroid. Image: Japanese space agency JAXA

This morning, Japan launched the Yabusa-2 spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid

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Yabusa 2 spacecraft. Image: Japanese space agency JAXA

The Japanese are flying to another asteroid

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