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“Each asteroid is unique, but could ... The only entry from Japan, a small robotic rover developed by Yoshida’s Team Hakuto is capable of being deployed from a light spacecraft, and was ...

On September 21, Japan’s space agency made history. It became the first country to land not one, but two rovers onto an asteroid. Already, the unmanned rovers have sent back the first images ...

That’s what the images above show. The surface of Ryugu from Rover 1B’s camera. Source: JAXA Obtaining a sample from asteroid Ryugu was a triumph. Could this organic matter have come from the ...

Hera spacecraft captured rare images of Deimos, one of Mars’ two moons, from 621 miles away while en route to the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and other customers Thursday, but quickly ran into trouble and may have ...

A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for mining. The probe, called Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket alongside ...