The asteroid Ryugu on the front cover of the 159 edition of DLRmagazine
The asteroid Ryugu on the front cover of the 159 edition of DLRmagazine
The Japanese Hayabusa2 space probe photographed the asteroid Ryugu from an altitude of six kilometres while searching for a landing site for MASCOT. The German-French landing device, developed and built by DLR, separated from Hayabusa2 on 3 October 2018 and reached the surface of Ryugu after a freefall lasting six minutes. The four experiments operated for more than 17 hours.
