{"id":16843,"date":"2018-10-04T12:21:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16843"},"modified":"2018-10-04T12:21:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T16:21:59","slug":"video-hayabusa-2-deploys-mascot-lander-onto-asteroid-ryuga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16843","title":{"rendered":"Video: Hayabusa-2 deploys MASCOT lander onto asteroid Ryuga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayabusa-2<\/a> spacecraft continues its deployment of remote-control systems onto the asteroid <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/162173_Ryugu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryuga<\/a> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier posting here<\/a> about deployment of two micro-rovers). On Wednesday the spacecraft released the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/topics\/20181002e_MSC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MASCOT<\/a> (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout) lander, which was built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the French Space Agency (CNES).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Earth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Earth<\/a>, hello <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haya2kun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@haya2kun<\/a>! I promised to send you some pictures of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ryugu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ryugu<\/a> so here\u2019s a shot I took during my descent. Can you spot my shadow? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsteroidLanding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsteroidLanding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dmcilFl5ms\">pic.twitter.com\/dmcilFl5ms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MASCOT Lander (@MASCOT2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MASCOT2018\/status\/1047406828617965568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MASCOT has <a href=\"https:\/\/mascot.cnes.fr\/en\/MASCOT\/GP_micromega.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four primary scientific tools<\/a> to study the surface of the small asteroid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MicrOmega &#8211; a hyperspectral infrared microscope to analyze the mineralogical properties of the surface materials.<\/li>\n<li>MASCAM &#8211; &#8220;a multispectral wide field camera to provide geological images of the asteroid&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>MARA &#8211; a radiometer &#8220;to determine the surface temperature and the thermal inertia of the asteroid&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>MASMAG &#8211; a magnetometer, which measures magnetic field strength.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This video previewed the MASCOT mission, which lasted about 17 hours before its batteries ran out:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8qurKTjXbEM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Artist&#8217;s view of the deployment of MASCOT:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16845\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/topics\/20181002e_MSC\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16845\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig31.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2656,1494\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MASCOT deployment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8221; Left: Illustration of MASCOT separating from Hayabusa2. Right: Illustration of MASCOT landing on the surface of Ryugu. (Image credit: JAXA)&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig31-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16845\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig31-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig31-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig31-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig31-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;Left: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/topics\/20181002e_MSC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illustration<\/a> of MASCOT separating from Hayabusa2. Right: Illustration of MASCOT landing on the surface of Ryugu. (Image credit: JAXA)&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The target area for the MASCOT &#8220;landing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16844\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/topics\/20181002e_MSC\/http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16844\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1211,751\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534755046&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Landing area.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;MASCOT landing site candidate region (light blue area). Since MASCOT is expected to bounce several times after first touching down, a reasonably wide region is selected.&lt;br \/&gt;\n(Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST, CNES, DLR). &amp;#8220;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41-1024x635.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16844 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41-1024x635.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fig41.jpg 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/topics\/20181002e_MSC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MASCOT landing site<\/a> candidate region (light blue area). Since MASCOT is expected to bounce several times after first touching down, a reasonably wide region is selected. (Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST, CNES, DLR). &#8220;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-45655153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayabusa 2: German-led lander drops to asteroid&#8217;s surface &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/10\/02\/mascot-landing-mission-status-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live coverage: MASCOT lander begins exploring asteroid Ryugu \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haya2kun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haya2kun (@haya2kun) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250098963\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250098963&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=55ed9e509e63ce1415500f5d234d1636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1250098963\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1250098963&amp;asins=1250098963&amp;linkId=06b5268baad8fe2fe8d39baba17fb36c&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft continues its deployment of remote-control systems onto the asteroid Ryuga (see earlier posting here about deployment of two micro-rovers). On Wednesday the spacecraft released the MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout) lander, which was built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the French Space Agency (CNES). Hello #Earth, hello @haya2kun! I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16843\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Hayabusa-2 deploys MASCOT lander onto asteroid Ryuga<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4nF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17993,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17993","url_meta":{"origin":16843,"position":0},"title":"Japan&#8217;s Hayabusa-2 grabs sample of asteroid Ryuga","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday, Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft maneuvered down to the surface of the small asteroid Ryugu and landed just long enough to extract a sample of surface material. 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