Japan's Hyabusa2 spacecraft landed briefly inside a small crater on the asteroid Ryugu. Images from JAXA, Japan's space agency, show the spacecraft gathering dust and rock samples from below the surface.
Hyabusa2 Lands on Ryugu
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Japan Asteroid
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Japan Asteroid
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