Robotic hoppers prepare to skip across the surface of asteroid Ryugu

More than four years have passed since JAXA's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft set sail for the asteroid Ryugu, and mission scientists are now preparing for the intrepid probe to start bearing fruit. Before heading in for a closer look itself, the probe will drop a pair of small rovers onto the asteroid this week, which will bounce across the surface and scope out the scene.

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Category: Space

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• Asteroid
• Hayabusa 2
• JAXA

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