Hayabusa2 capsule recovered in Australia
Date as reported
JAXA recovered the Ryugu sample-return capsule in the Woomera area.
- Category
- Returns and Mission Endings
- Type
- Sample return
- Subjects
- Sample return
- Mission
- Hayabusa2
- Organization
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Destination
- asteroid
- Target body
- Ryugu
- Country
- JP
Context and qualifications
Australian/Japanese civil date; reentry occurred December 5 UTC.
Sources and attribution
- JAXA — Hayabusa2 capsule recovery (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.