Hayabusa2
An asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. It successfully collected samples from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu and returned them to Earth.
Identity
- Name
- Hayabusa2
- Slug
- hayabusa2
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- An asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. It successfully collected samples from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu and returned them to Earth.
- Outcome
- Success - Returned samples to Earth in 2020; currently on an extended mission to asteroid 1998 KY26.
- Program
- Hayabusa
- Start Date
- 2014-12-03
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa2
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 4/26/2026, 2:18:56 PM
- Image
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- Updated Time
- 4/26/2026, 2:18:56 PM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Lead