After landing, the Japanese Hayabusa 2 probe immediately fired a projectile to the surface of the earth in order to collect many pieces of broken rock on Ryugu, an asteroid believed to have existed since the formation of the Solar System. God.
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 landed on an asteroid in February 2019 and the video provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows Hayabusa’s dramatic landing process. 2 down to the surface of an asteroid floating in space.
Sharing on Twitter about the video, JAXA wrote: “Humanity’s small hand has reached a small throne”.
The Hayabuasa 2 landed quite slowly to the surface and the ship’s shadow can be clearly seen falling on the asteroid Ryugu.
Through the video taken from the onboard camera, it can be seen that the Hayabuasa 2 spacecraft has landed quite slowly on the surface and can be clearly seen, the shadow of the ship falling on the asteroid Ryugu. To make the above process easier to watch, JAXA has accelerated the video by 5 times.
The Hayabuasa 2 spacecraft made its first touchdown with the roughly 1km-wide asteroid on February 21, after a three-and-a-half year orbit around the solar system. Immediately after landing, the probe fired a projectile at the asteroid to send its debris flying. Next, Hayabuasa 2 will use tools to pick up these samples and bring them back to Earth in 2020.
The asteroid Ryugu is believed to be a remnant from the early days of the formation of the Solar System. Scientists are very interested in studying the components of Ryugu because it will most likely lead to a clearer understanding of the formation and development of the Earth.
Hayabuasa 2 was first launched into space in December 2014 and this spacecraft will remain on the asteroid at least until November 2019 before returning to Earth. The spacecraft is currently probing around this asteroid at a distance of up to 19.3km. However, Japan is planning to land Hayabuasa 2 on the asteroid surface again in April 2019. Next time, the ship will continue to fire a larger bullet to collect more Ryugu debris.
This is not the only mission that humans are conducting to study asteroids. Currently, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe is orbiting a nearly 500-meter-wide asteroid called Bennu starting in December 2018. The mission of that mission is also to collect samples on asteroids and bring them back to Earth.
The moment Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft landed on an asteroid that once formed with the Solar System.