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Result of a 4.6 billion-year-old asteroid shot of Japanese ship
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft explodes the surface of Ryugu, creating a sinkhole to help scientists understand the asteroid's composition.
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Stunned to discover the secret Itokawa asteroid
After analyzing the Itokawa asteroid dust sample sent by the Hayabusa spacecraft, Japan, Japanese astronomers discovered many interesting information.
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Close up of asteroid dust through a microscope, revealing many mysteries
After many failed attempts to land on this asteroid surface, Hayabusa finally landed and collected 15,000 small dust particles in 2005.
Space science
Japan successfully launched meteorite probes
On December 3, Japan Air Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the Hayabusa 2 meteorite exploration spacecraft.
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Reveal Rosetta's opponent
Japanese space scientists have announced the rival of Rosetta: the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft will chase the asteroid and land on the target, take samples and return to Earth.
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Japanese experimental space bombs shoot meteors
Japanese scientists have successfully tested a cosmic cannon used to bombard meteorites in search of the origin of the planets.
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Hayabusa spacecraft: The second successful landing
On the morning of November 26, the Japanese space agency (JAXA) said that the Hayabusa spacecraft had once again successfully landed on the asteroid and succeeded in col…