Japanese Spacecraft Hayabusa2 Touches Down on Asteroid Ryugu

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  • February 21, 2019

The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft has completed one of its most exciting challenges yet: On Thursday evening, it touched down on the asteroid Ryugu, fired a tantalum bullet into the rocky surface, and ascended back into orbit around the tiny world, according to updates from the mission’s English-language Twitter…

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