Haybusa2 https://refractor.io/tag/haybusa2/ Haybusa2 en-AU Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:30:53 GMT Hayabusa 2 makes orbit around asteroid Ryugu https://refractor.io/space/hayabusa-2-makes-orbit-around-asteroid-ryugu/ Image of asteroid Ryugu as captured by Hayabusa 2's Optical Navigation Camera at 12:50 p.m. JST on June 26,2018

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. The ambitious mission will see the probe observe the asteroid, create an artificial crater on its surface, and eventually, return a sample of the wandering solar system body to Earth.

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]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:30:53 GMT https://refractor.io/space/hayabusa-2-makes-orbit-around-asteroid-ryugu/ Anthony Wood