Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft to attempt record-close asteroid flyby on July 5
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Andrew Jones
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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which successfully collected samples from asteroid Ryugu and returned them to Earth in 2020, is now on an extended mission. In early July, it will perform one of the closest-ever flybys of a near-Earth asteroid, passing at an extremely close range. The spacecraft continues to operate beyond its original mission, aiming to gather new scientific data and potentially visit additional asteroids. The flyby represents a significant technical achievement in asteroid exploration.
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This is one of the closest asteroid encounters ever attempted by a mission of this class.
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