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Dr Yuichi Tsuda, Hayabusa-2 project manager at Jaxa, told a press conference: "We have confirmed that the capsule contains a considerable amount of [material] collected from Ryugu.

Half the Hayabusa-2's samples will be shared between JAXA, US space agency NASA and other international organisations, and the rest kept for future study as advances are made in analytic technology.

Ryugu seen by Hayabusa 2. JAXA/Hayabusa 2, CC BY-SA Ryugu could tell us a lot about the Solar System’s history.

Hayabusa-2 was officially launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Dec. 3, 2014. It reached the asteroid, which measures about 3,280 feet wide, on June 27, 2018, after ...

At about the size of a large refrigerator and equipped with solar panels to keep it powered, Hayabusa-2 is the successor to JAXA's first asteroid explorer, Hayabusa - Japanese for falcon.

Hayabusa-2 will receive its orders to head for home on Wednesday, break free of the asteroid's gravity on November 18 and fire its main engines early next month en route to Earth, JAXA said.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a video showing the climactic moments of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft’s second descent to the surface of asteroid Ryugu, which took ...

Hayabusa 2 will collect samples from beneath the surface of asteroid Ryugu, which contain rubble left over from the birth of planets. JAXA said the samples may contain water and organic materials.