Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe has made its presence known on Ryugu since entering orbit around the asteroid in June 2018, deploying a pair of bouncing robots and touching down on its surface not once, but ...

The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 has successfully pulled off a second touchdown on the surface of the distant asteroid Ryugu. The risky maneuver saw the probe dive down to collect material that had ...

Japan’s Hayabusa-2 mission is chock-full of firsts. Upon landing on the asteroid 162173 Ryugu last September, it became the first spacecraft to deploy a duo of hopping rovers on an asteroid’s surface.

Nothing about the Hayabusa 2 mission? No forum threads or front page articles? The mission just reached the target asteroid Ryugu and it looks slightly weird. It's quite the mission. They want to take ...

TOKYO — Japan’s space agency said an explosive dropped Friday from its Hayabusa 2 spacecraft successfully blasted the surface of an asteroid for the first time to form a crater and pave the way for ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return team has decided to touch down on the surface of Ryugu for a second time on July 11 in a bid to gather a sample of ...

Hayabusa 2 is about to attempt an audacious feat. The Japanese spacecraft, which launched towards the asteroid Ryugu in 2014, is on its way back to Earth carrying two samples of rocks and dust from ...