Hayabusa-2 Landing/Impact on Ryugu Asteroid - at different speeds
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Original JAXA footage played at 20x,40x,60x real time, and real time.
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“A movie captured by Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft shows the moment it touched down on an asteroid.
The probe was attempting to grab a sample of rock from the 1km-wide body known as Ryugu, on 21 February (GMT).
The footage shows dusty fragments lifting up as the spacecraft fires a “bullet“ at 300m/s into the surface.
Hayabusa-2 has been exploring Ryugu since its arrival in June 2018, following a three-and-a-half-year j
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(2D B&W version) Encounter with the asteroid Ryugu