Japanese rovers are about to land on an asteroid

By Sattelite, Space

Japanese rovers are about to land on an asteroid

Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 is just hours from dropping two rovers on Ryugu, an asteroid currently around 320 million kilometers from Earth.

Hayabusa2 was launched in December 2014 and has been hovering a few kilometers above Ryugu’s surface since it reached the asteroid in late June, beaming photos back to Earth.

You can follow Hayabusa2’s progress live on its Twitter account.

Quartz

https://qz.com/1397868/japanese-rovers-are-about-to-land-on-an-asteroid/

HAYABUSA2@JAXA (@haya2e_jaxa) – Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission lands on the surface of a distant asteroid | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/21/japans-hayabusa-2-mission-lands-on-the-surface-of-a-distant-asteroid/

Japan Just Became the First Country to Deploy Rovers on an Asteroid – Motherboard

https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/ev7zy7/japan-just-became-the-first-country-to-deploy-rovers-on-an-asteroid

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