Asteroid Ryugu

Breathtaking visuals of asteroid Ryugu's surface captured by Hayabusa 2's MASCOT probe

Hayabusa2 will eventually return to Earth with samples, but these observations help provide geologic context to the asteroid.

Touchdown! Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on distant asteroid to grab sample

The complicated mission took less time than expected & seemed to complete with no trouble: JAXA.

JAXA's Hayabusa-2 hours away from its first landing attempt to mine asteroid Ryugu

The attempt on Friday is one of three similar touchdowns planned for Hayabusa2's sampling mission.

Asteroid Ryugu to eat a bullet from JAXA's Hayabusa 2 probe on 22 February

The grab-and-go asteroid mission will be broadcasted live from JAXA's control room on 22 February.

Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe to finally land, starting mining asteroid Ryugu on 22 Feb

Hayabusa-2 is approaching the milestone 3 years after it left Earth for the diamond-shaped asteroid.

Tiny asteroid lander MASCOT warms up for its bumpy landing onto asteroid Ryugu

MASCOT will have 16 hours after landing to take all the measurements it can from Ryugu’s surface.

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe successfully lands two rovers on asteroid Ryugu

The rovers are together known as MINERVA-II1, the world's first mobile robot to land on an asteroid.

Japan space probe Hayabusa2 reaches asteroid Ryugu in search for origin of life

Hayabusa 2 has reached an asteroid 300 million kilometres away to collect information about the birth of the solar system