It’s been a while since I looked at the successful deployment and mission of the German MASCOT lander, which was deployed on the asteroid Ryugu on October 2nd. Powered by batteries, it was designed to do a few hops on the surface, take photos, do some scans, and last only about 12 hours which, at […]
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The Hayabusa2 MASCOT Rover Lands On The Asteroid Ryugu
The next stage in the Hayabusa2 mission occurred this morning with the release and successful landing of the MASCOT rover on the asteroid Ryugu. This comes as a part of the same mission which brought us the first photos from the surface of an asteroid and will culminate with a sample return from Ryugu in […]
The First Photos From The Surface Of An Asteroid
Last week Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe successfully delivered the first of 3 sets of rovers to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, proving us the first photos from the surface of an asteroid. Hayabusa 2 is one of those many current space mission which I’ve simply never covered. It flew “under the radar” so to […]
OSIRIS-REx Atlas V Mission Profile
Today, September 8th, 2016, marks the scheduled launch date for one of the newest NASA space probes, OSIRIS-REx. This craft is planned to study the asteroid 101955 Bennu, and eventually return a sample of it for study back on Earth. This is quite the ambitious mission, and follows many successful materials return missions dating back […]