Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense

🇯🇵 The Japan Times (JP) —

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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft performed a flyby of an asteroid to collect data useful for planetary defense. This marks a new mission phase after completing its primary mission in 2020 when it returned samples from asteroid Ryugu.

The encounter marks a new phase for Hayabusa2, which completed its primary mission in 2020 after returning samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth.

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