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Hayabusa2 Spacecraft

December 4 , 2020 1457 days 919 0
  • The Hayabusa2 spacecraft of Japan is nearing the earth after a yearlong journey from asteroid Ryugu.
  • The asteroid is located at a distance of about 300 million kilometres from the Earth.
  • The spacecraft is to reach the earth in Southern Australia carrying precious samples from the asteroid.
  • In February 2019, the spacecraft collected surface dust samples from the asteroid Ryugu.
  • Later in July 2019, the spacecraft collected underground samples from the asteroid.
  • This was the first time in the history of world space underground samples are collected from an asteroid.

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