New JAXA video shows Hayabusa 2 touching down on asteroid Ryugu

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released captivating footage of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft descending and making contact with the primordial asteroid Ryugu. During the rendezvous, the probe shot a bullet into the surface to kick up a sample for return to Earth sometime late in the year 2020.

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• Hayabusa 2
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