See multiple views from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's touching down on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Credit: JAXA/U. Tokyo/Kochi ...

The Hayabusa mission’s success underscores the importance of collecting pristine asteroid samples. JAXA’s meticulous handling of over 900 particles in an ISO 6 cleanroom ensures their purity.

Hayabusa collecting a samples on Itokawa (Illustration by Akihiro Ikeshita) Capsule that successfully returned to Earth (Photo: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)) Hayabusa 2 approaching Ryugu ...

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Scientists have confirmed that organic molecules exist in samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu, adding credence to the idea that the ingredients for life came to Earth via meteorite and asteroid ...

In 2010, the Hayabusa spacecraft designed by JAXA returned from the 1,750-foot-long (535 meters), peanut-shaped asteroid Itokawa. The probe brought with it more than a thousand particles of rocks ...

The Japanese space agency, JAXA, had an inkling that the precious materials inside Hayabusa2's sample capsule would be of great scientific value -- and the initial chemical analysis shows just how ...

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrived at Ryugu, a carbon-rich asteroid, in 2018. The mission was operated by JAXA, the Japanese space agency, and spent more than a year studying Ryugu.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA has sent off the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to bring the next-gen technology for asteroid studies. In a report by Wion on Tuesday, June 7, the ...

Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft will launch in 2014 on a mission to rendezvous with the asteroid 1999 JU3 in 2018 and return samples of the space rock to Earth in 2020.(Image credit: JAXA/Akihiro ...

Earlier this month, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) succeeded in bringing a sample of asteroid Ryugu back to Earth, in a remarkable feat which is only the second time an asteroid sample has even ...