We Could Explore Asteroids Forever With Steam-Propelled Spacecraft
Scientists have developed a steam-propelled spacecraft that could work forever and jump from asteroid to asteroid to conduct experiments, map…
MASCOT Landed on Asteroid Ryugu And It Soon Met Its End
You might believe that MASCOT’s mission failed, but it actually was successful. This week, MASCOT had to land on the…
Ryugu’s Surface Photographed By The Two Japanese Rovers In Mid-Jump
Last week, JAXA made history after it landed the two hopping rovers on the Ryugu asteroid. Ever since the connection…
Update: Japan’s Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu
The two hopping robots that were deployed from Hayabusa2 finally reconnected with the mothership and sent images back to Earth…
Scientists Want to Pull Asteroids Into Earth’s Orbit – A Good Idea or the Beginning of the End?
It sounds like a scenario of an apocalyptic movie, right? An asteroid ready to collide with Earth isn’t something we…
Hayabusa-2 Gets Closer to Land the First Robot on Asteroid Ryugu
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is eager to have their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft land the first robot on the surface…