Japan · JAXAfirstrobotic
December 6, 2020
Hayabusa 2 returns asteroid Ryugu sample
5.4 grams of pristine asteroid Ryugu lands in the Australian outback, far exceeding mission goals and providing the largest, freshest carbonaceous asteroid sample ever returned to Earth.
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