JAXA: Spacecraft ‘Hayabusa 2’, small robot dropped: October 3 Asteroid ‘Ryugu’
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA):
“On October 3, the spacecraft ‘Hayabusa 2’ drops a small robot onto the surface of the asteroid ‘Ryugu’,” announced on September 24.
Small robot: Minerva 2-2
The project will drop “Minerva 2-2”, which was developed by 5 universities including Tohoku University.
Octagonal column with a diameter of 15 cm and a height of 14.5 cm.
Equipped with 4 types of mobile devices and cameras.
Experiment with moving methods on the surface of an asteroid with low gravity.
Spacecraft ‘Hayabusa 2’:
So far we have successfully dropped a total of 3 small robots from Japan and Europe.
This is the last time to drop, leaving the asteroid ‘Ryugu’ within the year and returning to Earth at the end of next year.
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