Ryugu - a ‘diamond’ in space
Ryugu - a ‘diamond’ in space
From the first images of Ryugu taken by the ONC-T of the Japanese Hayabusa2 probe, the Japanese space agency JAXA and scientists from the University of Aizu created a 3D model of the asteroid. In October 2018, the MASCOT lander, which was developed and built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in close cooperation with the French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales), is to land on the asteroid. The celestial body will then be explored using four instruments.
