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

By Evan Gough October 5, 2018
A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu

Check this out! I took this picture when I was almost on #Ryugu's surface. Look at how sunlight is reflected off me. What a dark surface! Credit: MASCOT/@DLR_en /@JAXA_en #AsteroidLanding pic.twitter.com/fqM8Jr0WCm

Check this out! I took this picture when I was almost on #Ryugu's surface. Look at how sunlight is reflected off me. What a dark surface! Credit: MASCOT/@DLR_en /@JAXA_en #AsteroidLanding pic.twitter.com/fqM8Jr0WCm

"It could not have gone better." - Tra-Mi Ho, DLR Institute of Space Systems.

Sources:

  • DLR Press Release: "MASCOT lands safely on asteroid Ryugu"

  • DLR MASCOT Flickr

  • Wikipedia Entry: 162173 Ryugu

  • Asterank.com

  • JAXA Hayabusa2 website

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