A Third Probe Landed on Asteroid Ryugu—but It Had Just 16 Hours to Live0

• From Around the Web, Space
• October 10, 2018

A German-French probe called MASCOT was sent to the surface of Ryugu, an asteroid located 190 million miles from Earth, to collect valuable data. But it needed to work fast—the shoebox-sized probe had only 16 hours to live.