I guess I lost track of this science mission, but Spaceweather has not:
ROBOTS LAND ON ASTEROID RYUGU: Today, Japan made history by landing two rovers onto the surface of an asteroid. The two rovers (named Rover-1A and 1B) fell from their mothership, Hayabusa2, less than 100 meters above diamond-shaped asteroid Ryugu. Now they are hopping across the rocky landscape in an unprecedented feat of exploration. This picture was taken by Rover-1A in mid-hop:
I’ll not borrow his pic, go click on the link if you want to see it. It’s a great achievement by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. And makes for lovely visuals.
