“Hayabusa 2” begins to fly toward Earth 1 year later to capsule separation

“Hayabusa 2” begins to fly toward the Earth. Capsule separation one year later Dec. 4: 5:10

Japanese spacecraft "Hayabusa 2" has begun full-scale flight toward the Earth from the 3rd, and after about a year, a capsule that appears to contain asteroid rock fragments is separated and dropped to the Earth It is supposed to be.

After exploring the asteroid “Ryugu” for about a year and a half, the Japanese spacecraft “Hayabusa 2” will inject 3 of 4 ion engines in earnest from the 3rd and accelerate towards the Earth. I continue.

Hayabusa2 is currently located at a distance of more than 250 million kilometers from the Earth, and a rock fragment of Ryugu was approached from November to December next year, about a year later. The plan is to separate the capsule that appears to have entered and drop it into the Australian desert.

Then, the rock fragments will be collected together with the capsules and distributed to six groups created by researchers, and various analyzes will be conducted around the summer of next year.