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Japan Has Opened Hayabusa2’s Capsule, Confirming It Contains Samples From Asteroid Ryugu – Forbes
The Japanese space agency (JAXA) says it has begun opening the capsule returned to Earth by its historic Hayabusa2 mission – and has confirmed asteroid samples…
An image looking inside the capsule, with some material from Ryugu clearly visible around the edge.
JAXA
The Japanese space agency (JAXA) says it has begun opening the capsule returned to Earth by its historic Hayabusa2 mission and has confirmed asteroid samples are inside.
Today, Monday, December 14, the capsule was opened for the first time since it touched down in the Australian outback on December 6 following its journey through space.
On board, scientists were hoping to find pieces of asteroid…
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