A Japanese spacecraft is coming back to Earth with samples from a nearby asteroid

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From CNN:

"(CNN) - For a little over a year, a tiny unmanned Japanese spacecraft has been sampling the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, capturing images, blasting a little crater in it, and firing a "bullet" into its exterior to dislodge particles."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/asia/jap ... index.html

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Good luck little guy! A year to get home then more time to analyse the samples.

[Marcelo F.]

Here is the link of reporter briefing: http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/enjoy/m ... 10_en2.pdf