Japan's Hayabusa2 probe completes flyby of Torifune asteroid | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Japan's space probe Hayabusa2 has completed a flyby observation of an asteroid as it heads for its next destination in space. The probe delivered a capsule of samples to Earth from another asteroid six years ago.
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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe successfully completed a flyby observation of the Torifune asteroid, part of its extended mission after delivering samples from the Ryugu asteroid to Earth six years ago. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the flyby occurred without incident, with the probe approaching as close as 800 meters from the asteroid's center at high speed. JAXA aims to use the technology from this mission for planetary defense, helping to alter the trajectories of asteroids that might collide with Earth.