Falcon has landed: Japan's Hayabusa2 probe touches down on asteroid

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Unmanned craft – about the size of a large refrigerator – plans to collect ground samples, some 300 million kilometres from Earth

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe has successfully landed on a distant asteroid where it hopes to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system.The agency said the probe had been working normally above Ryugu asteroid, some 300m km from Earth.

 

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That photo looks like a techno Shaun the sheep!

Science at its very best !

Precision ... and it must have landed on time .

Awesome.

Have they considered bringing it back to Earth for more thorough study?

Is Bruce Willis involved in this?

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