Indeed, its name points to the existence of Hayabusa, ... observed on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from a range of 15 miles. The Hayabusa-2 probe touched down to collect samples from the asteroid Ryugu in 2019. Hayabusa 2 capsules arrive in Japan… Start of future analysis De observatiesonde zal nog een tweede missie … De terugkeer van de capsule met monsters was op 5 december 2020. Scientists at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) curation facility at Sagamihara have now opened one of three sample chambers inside the capsule. Hayabusa 2 re-entry capsule is recovered. Breaking News. Hayabusa-2 flew close to Earth and… The news: A capsule containing the first rock samples from the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth on Sunday, December 6, in … ... Hayabusa 2, the probe carrying the samples, has been on its way back to Earth for a little more than a year. Live coverage of the return of Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission to Earth carrying samples collected from asteroid Ryugu. Aan boord bevonden zich de kostbare kruimels van planetoïde Ryugu die de satelliet eerder in 2019 op de koolstofplanetoïde had… After dropping the capsule, it will head to another distant small asteroid called 1998KY26, with the journey slated to take 10 years. Recovery crews headed out in a helicopter to search for the capsule, ultimately spotting it at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT). Afgelopen zaterdagavond tijdens pakjesavond trok de terugkeercapsule van de Hayabusa 2 missie als een vuurbol door de lucht boven Australië. The Japanese space agency (JAXA) says it has begun opening the capsule returned to Earth by its historic Hayabusa2 mission – and has confirmed asteroid samples are inside. A capsule from the Hayabusa2 space probe hopefully containing samples from an asteroid that will help explain the origins of life arrived in Japan on Dec. 8, 2020, two days after it was retrieved from the Australian desert. Le 14 décembre 2020, la Jaxa (agence spatiale japonaise) a confirmé que le conteneur avait bien été ouvert, et que des grains foncés récoltés sur l’astéroïde se trouvaient à l’intérieur. "The operation was perfect," JAXA tweeted. A capsule manages to get samples of that asteroid, and it had landed near Woomera in South Australia on Saturday evening (GMT). On December 5th, 2020, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 mission sent a sample capsule home containing debris from the near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 162173 Ryugu. De sonde bereikte Ryugu, een type C-planetoïde, op 27 juni 2018 en deed gedurende 18 maanden onderzoek waarbij ook monsters van het oppervlak werden genomen. Supplied photo shows an image of the Hayabusa2 space explorer releasing its capsule. 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. Scientists have been greeted by the sight of jet black chunks of rock and soil from an asteroid after opening a capsule that returned from deep space a week ago. Hayabusa2: Capsule with asteroid samples scheduled to return to Earth. Share. This JAXA video includes brief excerpts from the press conference confirming the successful sample collection: This video is an extract from yesterday’s press conference, with Hayabusa2 Project Manager Yuichi Tsuda confirming samples from Ryugu in the capsule! As it approached our planet, Hayabusa-2 released the capsule with the samples and fired its engines to push off in another direction. Hayabusa 2 a rapporté la capsule d’échantillons de l’astéroïde Ryugu sur Terre au début du mois. At 2:47 p.m. Credit: JAXA. La sonde japonaise Hayabusa 2 a ramené des échantillons d’astéroïde après six ans de mission dans l’Espace. Read more about Japan's Hayabusa-2 capsule returns to Earth with pristine asteroid samples on Business Standard. For the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft, it’s not the end of the mission.