{"id":17993,"date":"2019-02-24T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17993"},"modified":"2019-02-24T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T18:30:14","slug":"japans-hayabusa-2-grabs-sample-of-asteroid-ryuga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17993","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Hayabusa-2 grabs sample of asteroid Ryuga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Japan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hayabusa2\">Hayabusa 2<\/a> spacecraft maneuvered down to the surface of the small <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/162173_Ryugu\">asteroid Ryugu<\/a> and landed just long enough to extract a sample of surface material.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/02\/22\/japanese-probe-lands-on-asteroid-to-capture-sample\/\">Japanese probe lands on asteroid to capture sample \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/02\/hayabusa2-asteroid-ryugu-sample-return\/\">Hayabusa2 conducts touchdown on Asteroid Ryugu \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/hayabusa2-touches-down.html\">Hayabusa2 has touched down on Ryugu! &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From Spaceflight Now:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The spacecraft dropped a <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/09\/22\/japanese-robots-land-on-asteroid-send-back-pictures\/\">pair of Japanese robots<\/a> to hop across Ryugu\u2019s surface in September, then <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/10\/05\/mascot-lander-hops-around-asteroid-exceeding-scientists-expectations\/\">released a European mobile scout<\/a> to land on the asteroid in October. The miniature landers became the first mobile vehicles to explore the surface of an asteroid. All three robots returned imagery and science data.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17994\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/galleries\/onc\/nav20190221\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17994\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019022122021.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" 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=\"Shadow of Hayabusa 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shadow of Hayabusa 2 on the Ryuga asteroid.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019022122021.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17994 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019022122021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019022122021.jpg 512w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019022122021-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019022122021-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The shadow of Hayabusa 2 on the Ryuga asteroid.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Mission managers hoped to grab the first sample with Hayabusa 2 in late October, but officials postponed the descent to complete additional analysis and surveys after the spacecraft found the asteroid is more rocky and rugged than expected. Managers decided to deploy a target marker at their preferred landing site for Hayabusa 2\u2019s first sampling attempt, helping the spacecraft navigate a narrow corridor to safely reach a location free of boulders, which could have endangered the mission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cRyugu turned out to be more difficult than we expected, so we decided to deploy all kinds of technologies that are available,\u201d Tsuda said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Hayabusa 2 could try to gather two more samples from other locations on Ryugu before departing the asteroid in November or December. The spacecraft must begin its journey back to Earth by the end of the year to return home in December 2020, when Hayabusa 2 will release a sample carrier to re-enter the atmosphere and parachute to a landing in Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find more about the project at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/\">JAXA Hayabusa2 Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp\/en\/topics\/20190220e_Messages\/\">Thank you for your support! &#8211; JAXA Hayabusa2 project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/what-to-expect-hayabusa2.html\">What to expect when Hayabusa2 collects a sample from Ryugu | The Planetary Society<\/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\/1610398297\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1610398297&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=d5a5186356a0ac2412b80d64262bdb05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos<\/em><\/strong><\/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=1610398297\" 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=1610398297&amp;asins=1610398297&amp;linkId=f7edf45d29fd89517f105c663a460fe9&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\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Japan&#8217;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. Japanese probe lands on asteroid to capture sample \u2013 Spaceflight Now Hayabusa2 conducts touchdown on Asteroid Ryugu \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com Hayabusa2 has touched down on Ryugu! &#8211; The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17993\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Japan&#8217;s Hayabusa-2 grabs sample of 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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[75,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17993","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-4Gd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16783,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16783","url_meta":{"origin":17993,"position":0},"title":"The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft deployed two rovers onto the asteroid Ryugu","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday the Japanese spacecraft\u00a0Hayabusa-2\u00a0has successfully placed two mini-rovers named MINERVA-II1A and MINERVA-II1B onto the near earth\u00a0asteroid Ryugu, which is about 1 kilometer (0.6\u00a0mi) in diameter:\u00a0\u00a0They Made It! 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