Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

• Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid samples lands in Australia, agency says

  The spacecraft Hayabusa2 released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it toward Earth to deliver samples from a distant asteroid.

  Science

  Dec 5, 2020
  
• Japan’s spaceship lands on distant asteroid

  A Japanese spacecraft touched down on a distant asteroid Friday on a mission to collect material that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.

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  Feb 22, 2019
  
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• Space exploration: Why do we invest in missions to asteroids and comets?

  It costs billions of dollars to send spacecraft to comets and asteroids, and at a risk of failure. So why do we continue to do it?

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  Nov 15, 2014