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Nach knapp 4 Jahren im All wird der deutsch-französische Asteroidenlander MASCOT von der japanischen Muttersonde Hayabusa2 abgetrennt und beginnt im freien Fall zur Oberfläche des Asteroiden Ryugu seine wissenschaftliche Mission. Die Separation, angetrieben durch einen kleinen Mechanismus, ist ein Schlüsselmoment von dem vieles abhängt. Einmal ausgelöst, entsteht eine mechanisch gekoppelte Kettenreaktion die die Mission unwiderruflich einleitet. Dies ist der Moment des „Point-of-no-Return“. Funktionsweise des Mechanismus und mögliche Risiken bei der Separation werden hier kurz erläutert.

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via DLR Blogs https://www.dlr.de- September 21, 2018 at 09:15AM

Sonde Hayabusa2: Erste Lander auf dem Weg zum Asteroiden

Hayabusa2 untersucht den Asteroiden Ryugu nicht nur aus der Ferne, sondern hat auch drei Lander mitgebracht. Die ersten beiden sollen nun landen.

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via heise online https://www.heise.de- September 21, 2018 at 09:06AM

Sonde Hayabusa2: Lander senden erste Bilder von Asteroidenoberfläche

Zwei japanische Landeroboter sind auf dem Asteroiden Ryugu gelandet und senden Bilder. Mindestens einer hat auch bereits den Standort gewechselt.

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via heise online – September 24, 2018 at 02:20PM

A Japanese Probe Is About to Drop Two Hopping Robots Onto Asteroid Ryugu

A Japanese asteroid-sampling probe is about to get up close and personal with its target space rock. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft will drop two tiny rovers onto the asteroid Ryugu this week, possibly as early as Thursday (Sept. 20), if all goes according to plan.

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via Space.com https://www.space.com- September 20, 2018 at 01:16AM

MINERVA-Ⅱ1 Schedule for deployment operation | Topics

The mission operation to deploy the MINERVA-Ⅱ1 rovers will be conducted from September 19 – 21. On September 19, activities will focus on preparation for the spacecraft to descend towards asteroid Ryugu and on September 20, the actual descent will begin. The scheduled deployment of the MINERVA-Ⅱ1 rovers is on September 21.

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via JAXA Hayabusa2 project https://ift.tt/2xGLcNy September 21, 2018 at 09:12AM

The small exploration rovers, MINERVA-II1 | Topics

The MINERVA-II (standing for the “MIcro Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid, the second generation”) are a successor to the exploration rover, MINERVA, that was installed with the first Hayabusa mission to asteroid Itokawa.

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via JAXA Hayabusa2 project https://ift.tt/2xGLcNy September 21, 2018 at 09:12AM

Navigation Images from the #MINERVA-Ⅱ1 deployment operation (Real time delivery)

https://t.co/zMi3EA5VAq UTC 2018-09-20 03:36 >> UTC 2018-09-20 22:19 — JAXA/j. Roger –… https://t.co/NmBosbzlPM„

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via Twitter https://twitter.com- September 21, 2018 at 09:13AM

The spacecraft shadow and opposition effect

The first operation rehearsal for the first touchdown of Hayabusa2 was performed from September 10 – 12. The spacecraft reached an altitude of about 600 m from the surface of Ryugu and then began to ascend once again. During the operation, the images taken for navigation purposes with the Optical Navigation Camera Wide angle (ONC-W1) were released in real time. The last image captured is shown in Figure 1. This photograph was taken on September 12 at around 12:40 JST at an altitude of 635m from the surface of Ryugu.

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via JAXA Hayabusa2 project – September 21, 2018 at 09:14AM

They Made It! Japan’s Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu

The suspense is over: Two tiny hopping robots have successfully landed on an asteroid called Ryugu — and they’ve even sent back some wild postcards from their new home.

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via Space.com https://www.space.com- September 22, 2018 at 03:32PM

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission lands on target asteroid

After months of hovering around its target, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission has made contact. Two of the host spacecraft’s landers (ROVER-1A and 1B) have touched down on the surface of the asteroid 162173 Ryugu and have already been hopping around as they take photos (like the one above) and gauge the space rock’s temperature. As far as the mission has come, though, it’s really just the start.

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via Engadget https://ift.tt/2OImhAI September 23, 2018 at 08:02PM

Hayabusa-2: Incredible images taken from asteroid Ryugu after Japanese spacecraft lands on 1km-wide space rock

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via mirror https://ift.tt/2zpbp5e September 23, 2018 at 08:03PM