Hayabusa2 Sample-Return Capsule

Connections

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Related entities

• Space mission

  Hayabusa2

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

• Sample-return capsule

  Hayabusa Sample-Return Capsule

  The small heat-shielded capsule that carried Hayabusa's Itokawa grains back through the atmosphere, separating from the spacecraft (which burned up) and landing by parachute in the Australian outback.

• Sample-return capsule

  OSIRIS-REx Sample-Return Capsule

  The capsule that delivered 121.6 g of asteroid Bennu to Earth, released by OSIRIS-REx on a flyby before the spacecraft diverted toward Apophis.

• Sample-return capsule

  Stardust Sample-Return Capsule

  The capsule that returned Stardust's aerogel trays of comet Wild 2 dust — the first sample-return capsule to bring material back from beyond the Moon.

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• Asteroid162173 RyuguLinked through Hayabusa2
• Launch vehicleH-IIALinked through Hayabusa2
• Mission programHayabusa programLinked through Hayabusa2
• Mission classImpactor MissionLinked through Hayabusa2
• OrganizationJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Linked through Hayabusa2
• Tracking networkJAXA Deep Space NetworkLinked through Hayabusa2

Sources & references

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• JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.