JAXA · Aerospace · 2014
Successor to Hayabusa, dramatically more successful. Rendezvoused with asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2018, deployed multiple landers (MINERVA-II-1A/1B rovers and MASCOT), created an artificial crater with a 2.5 kg copper impactor, and returned 5.4 g of pristine samples to Earth on 6 December 2020. Now on an extended mission to asteroid 1998 KY26, arriving 2031.
| Category | Aerospace |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2014 |
| Origin | Japan |
| Height | 1250 mm |
| Weight | 600 kg |
| Payload | 5 kg |
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