Japan Just Bombed Asteroid Ryugu For The Sake Of Science
Japan’s space agency just revealed that they have successfully dropped a small bomb on an asteroid this past Friday. This…
Hayabusa-2 Will Make a Crater on Asteroid Ryugu to Get Samples
Japan’s space agency, JAXA, has recently announced that its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft will soon try to drop an explosive on the…
Photos From Japan Space Rovers Are Showing Rockier Than Expected Asteroid Surface
Japan’s space agency reports that over 200 photos that have been taken by two small rovers on an asteroid are…
JAXA Launched Ibuki-2 Satellite To Analyze Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Ibuki-2 satellite was launched on Monday morning by JAXA and is specially equipped to observe the presence of greenhouse gas…
BepiColombo Mission Launched To Offer a Better Understanding Of Mercury and Our Solar System
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched the BepiColombo mission, jointly with the Japanese space agency, JAXA, toward Mercury to understand…
Japan And Europe Send Spacecraft on 7-Year Mission to Mercury
The Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted carrying a spacecraft with two probes towards the closest planet to the sun…
ESA And JAXA To Launch The BepiColombo Mission Towards Mercury During This Weekend
The European Space Agency (ESA), together with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will launch the BepiColombo mission towards Mercury…
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…
Asteroid-Hopping Robots Deployed by Hayabusa2 on Ryugu
Shortly after the Hayabusa2 probe sent of two small rovers to approach and land on the asteroid Ryugu, the team…