Hayabusa 2 Eyes Second Sample Collection Attempt

Credit: JAXA
Hayabusa 2, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) asteroid sample return mission, successfully dropped a target marker for the second time near an impact site on the surface of Ryugu early May 30 U.S. time, teeing up an attempt to collect sub-surface ejecta for return to Earth. An earlier...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.