JAXA lands two rovers on the asteroid Ryugu
JAXA lands two rovers on the asteroid Ryugu
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The rover Minerva-II1 captured this image of the asteroid Ryugu and the probe Hayabusa2 shortly after leaving the ship on September 21. Credit: JAXA.
Two small rovers from the Hayabusa2 mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed successfully on the asteroid Ryugu and have sent images of their new home. Both robots were deployed on September 21, but JAXA waited until the next day to confirm that the operation was successful and that the rovers landed successfully.
The rovers are part of the MINERVA-II1 program and are designed to jump on the surface of the asteroid, taking photographs and collecting data. In fact, one of the initial images sent by the robots is extremely blurred, since the rover caught it while it was still in motion.
In order to complete the deployment, the main ship of the Hayabusa mission2 approached carefully up to 55 meters from the surface of the asteroid. After the rovers were on the way, the probe moved away to its normal height of approximately 20 kilometers from the surface.
The agency still has two more deployments before it can rest: Hayabusa2 is scheduled to deploy a larger rover called MASCOT in October and another small one like the first two next year. And, of course, the main ship has a set of other tasks to fulfill during his stay at Ryugu; his most notable task will be to collect a sample of the asteroid to bring it to Earth to be analyzed in the laboratory.
This photograph shows a view of the asteroid Ryugu from the rover Minerva-II1A during a jump after it landed on September 21. Credit: JAXA.
Minerva-II1B captured this image of the asteroid Ryugu on September 21, shortly after separating from the Hayabusa probe2. Credit: JAXA.
Source: Space.com
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