Just over a year ago, a space capsule carrying a very special cargo streaked across the sky and touched down in the South Australian outback. Key points: The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission is the first to bring a sample of dust and pebbles back to Earth from a carbon-rich asteroid The sample indicates Ryugu is very similar to the rarest type …
A space capsule carrying dust and rocks from an asteroid is due to land in the South Australian desert early on Sunday morning. Key points: The Hayabusa2 spacecraft launched in 2014 and took four years to reach its destination Its capsule is only hours away from landing back on earth Scientists hope to learn a lot about the early solar …