Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Container Descends Into Australia

Mark Carreau December 05, 2020
JAXA image of the return capsule.
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 spacecraft successfully dropped off a re-entry capsule into remote Australia with material gathered from the surface and subsurface of Ryugu, a 1 km. (0.6 mi.) wide, diamond-shaped asteroid, as the probe flew by the Earth on Dec. 5, U. S...
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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