Japan’s asteroid return mission arrives on Earth December 5, 2020 by admin Tweet Japan’s Hayabusa-2 has dropped off a capsule containing samples from the asteroid Ryugu. The mission launched at the end of 2014 and arrived at Ryugu in 2018. It began returning in November 2019. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:SpaceX to orbit NASA's Psyche spacecraft that will…China set to launch sample return mission to the…TWIRL 40: NASA to launch its first planetary defence…SpaceX, China, and Japan prepare to launch…TWIRL 70: A support mission for NASA's return to the…