Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Material Flown To Japan

Hayabusa 2 sample container.
Credit: JAXA
HOUSTON—The sample container that descended into Australia to conclude a six-year roundtrip mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 mission to the asteroid Ryugu has arrived in Japan. The container was taken to the Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center, which is part...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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