JAXA

Asteroid dust recovered from Japan’s daring Hayabusa2 mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 15, 2020
Scientists hope the dark grains from asteroid Ryugu will improve their understanding of the Solar Systems’ formation.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 9, 2020
Samples of an asteroid 300 million km from Earth arrived in Japan on Tuesday to applause and smiles, the climax of a six-year odyssey by a space probe pursuing the origins of life.

By David Aragorn
A spacecraft en route to Mercury just caught this fresh new look at Venus 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 16, 2020
New images taken by BepiColombo come at a time when interest in the second planet from the sun is at an all time high.

By David Aragorn
A spacecraft is about to swing by Earth to get a gravity assist on its way to Mercury 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2020
BepiColombo needs our planet’s help

By David Aragorn
Japan’s asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2020
The carbon-rich asteroid Ryugu may have come together just 10 million years or so ago.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Ryugu likely link in planetary formation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2020
The solar system formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Numerous fragments that bear witness to this early era orbit the sun as asteroids. Around three-quarters of these are carbon-rich C-type asteroids, such as 162173 Ryugu, which was the target of the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission in 2018 and 2019.

By David Aragorn
Japan Might Be First to Ever Land on Mars’ Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 21, 2020
Other attempts by the Soviet Union and Russia have failed, but Japan could be the first to land on Mars’ moon, Phobos.

By David Aragorn
Japan spacecraft starts yearlong journey home from asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2019
A Japanese spacecraft left a distant asteroid on Wednesday, starting its yearlong journey home after successfully completing its mission to gather soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, the country’s space agency said.

By David Aragorn
Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 13, 2019
Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins

By David Aragorn
Check out the first pics of the asteroid crater made by a Japanese spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 30, 2019
Hayabusa2 found its explosive creation

By David Aragorn