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Japan Pleased with Latest Asteroid Samples – VOA Learning English
Japanese officials say they are pleased with the quality of asteroid material collected by a spacecraft and returned to Earth.
Japanese officials say they are pleased with the quality of asteroid material collected by a spacecraft and returned to Earth.
Last week, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, described the samples, which were collected from the Ryugu asteroid in July 2019. Ryugu sits more than 300 million kilometers from Earth.
Japans unpiloted Hayabusa2 spacecraft removed the material after blasting a hole into the asteroid.
The space agency said the July 2019 mission aimed to collect samples…
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