JAXA Confirms Ryugu Sample Collection

Inside of the sample container.
Credit: JAXA
HOUSTON—Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 mission scientists have confirmed the presence of a small, dark-grained material and vapor within the sample container that returned to Earth from the primitive asteroid Ryugu. The container was dropped into remote Australia and recovered...
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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