Hayabusa2

Mission overview

Hayabusa2 collected surface and subsurface samples of the asteroid Ryugu and returned them to Earth.

Outcome & discoveries

Delivered Ryugu samples in 2020, which contain organic molecules and water-bearing minerals.

• ★Organic compounds and amino acids in returned Ryugu samples

Mission profile

Knowledge connections

• Operated byJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
• Part of programHayabusa program
• Launched byH-IIA
• Launched fromTanegashima Space Center
• Mission target162173 Ryugu
• Visited162173 Ryugu
• Returned samples from162173 Ryugu
• Member of groupSample-Return Mission
• Member of groupRendezvous Mission
• Member of groupLander Mission
• Member of groupImpactor Mission
• Landed on162173 Ryugu
• Impacted162173 Ryugu
• Collected sampleRyugu Sample (Hayabusa2)
• Mission includesHayabusa2 Sample-Return Capsule
• Associated withProximity Operations
• Associated withSurface Operations & Sampling
• Tracked byJAXA Deep Space Network
• Associated withOSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 Sample Asteroids

Related missions

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.