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While predecessor JADE only showed images from the Optical Navigation Camera (ONC), JADE2 offers data from a wide range of Hayabusa2’s instruments (TIR, NIRS3, LIDAR and MASCOT) as well as orbital information. Join us on a virtual journey to Ryugu!.

Explore Ryugu with JADE2! 💫 The JAXA Asteroid Data Explorer (JADE2) is a web application developed by the Hayabusa2 Project and JLPEDA (JAXA Lunar & Planetary Exploration Data Analysis Group) to visualise and download amazing data from asteroid Ryugu! 👉

Until now, the asteroid has been called (98943) 2001 CC21, but will now be known as be (98943) Torifune. Hayabusa2 will perform a high-speed flyby exploration in July 2026. Studies are being conducted to ensure that the flyby can be carried out as safely as the new name suggests!.

Asteroid 2001 CC21, which Hayabusa2 will flyby in 2026, has been named "Torifune"! The name was selected from everyone's suggestions during the "Asteroid 2001 CC21 Naming Campaign" with assistance from the Children's Selection Committee! Read more 🔗:

The comet’s orbital direction is opposite to Hayabusa2. They passed at high speed, with a maximum relative speed of 70.5km/s around 08/15. ONC-W2 observations continued for several days after 09/02. The comet will pass perihelion on 09/27, bringing it closer to Earth 🌏👀.

Hayabusa2’s ONC-W2 was designed to observe in the vicinity of asteroids, which are brighter than the starry sky. Comets challenge the limit of the ONC-W2. In 1 observation, 50 consecutive 44s exposure images were taken in an hour and processed on the ground to confirm the comet.

The comet initially appears faint, but brightens as Hayabusa2 approaches the comet, and the comet approaches the Sun, and the tail becomes visible. Since 08/26, the distance between Hayabusa2 & the comet has increased, but the comet continues to brighten as it approaches the Sun.

Hayabusa2 has been training its cameras on Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas (C/2023 A3) since 08/13. The comet was on the far side of the Sun, making observations difficult from Earth, but could be spotted by Hayabusa2 in deep space. Check this time-lapse video! ©JAXA Hayabusa2♯/ONC team

The curation team who are caring for the sample from asteroid Ryugu have started a new account! Please follow them for news.

The deadline for suggesting a name for asteroid 2001 CC21 is tomorrow (May 9: the anniversary of the launch of Hayabusa in 2003 🚀). Please do suggest a good name for this asteroid 🪨. 🔗.

Yesterday (04/16) we sent a command for operation during solar conjunction, and entered full conjunction operation for the 2nd time in the Extended Mission. This operation will last for nearly 3 months, but we are confident that we will hear Hayabusa2’s lively voice in early July

Hayabusa2 is currently flying on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. This is called solar conjunction, and will last about 3 months. Because the Sun is in the direction of Hayabusa2, communication is difficult, so we sent all necessarily commands in advance of conjunction.

The Science Museum in London is currently displaying a grain from asteroid #Ryugu! Their new blog looks at how asteroids get their initial designation numbers, and describes how you can name asteroid 2001 CC21 in the Hayabusa2 Extended Mission campaign before we flyby in 2026! 🖊.

Exactly 5 years ago today, on February 22, 2019 at 07:29:10 JST (onboard time), Hayabusa2 made the first touchdown on asteroid Ryugu during a tense operation! The video was captured by CAM-H and lasted 5 minutes 40 seconds, starting 59s before the final descent (it's sped up 5x)

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft will flyby asteroid 2001 CC21 in July 2026 🛰️🪨! Can you help us choose a name for this asteroid? You have until May 9, 2024 for suggestions, so there's plenty of time to think! More information on the Hayabusa# website 🔗:.

The final talk in the online series for sample return missions will look at future studies, including plans for the Hayabusa2 & OSIRIS-REx samples, and the up-coming Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. Talk will be held on Tuesday (11/28) 21:30 JST. Register for free below!.

Hayabusa2 Project Manager Tsuda Yuichi, and ISAS Deputy DG Fujimoto Masaki will join the online panel to discuss sample return missions next Tuesday (11/14) at 9:30pm JST! Come and hear about Hayabusa2 and #OSIRISREx sample collection and analysis!.Register for free below:.