The Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) snapped this photo of the asteroid Ryugu during descent. The little hopping robot completed its brief mission and successfully transmitted all of its data back to Hayabusa2. Image: German Aerospace Center (CLR).

A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu

The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.

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