Hayabusa2 may have just snagged bits of asteroid Ryugu’s insides
The Japanese spacecraft returns to Earth in 2020 with the first subsurface space rock sample
![Hayabusa2 touching down on Ryugu](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/071118_lg_Hayabusa_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
TOUCHDOWN SELFIES Hayabusa2’s onboard camera captured these three shots of the spacecraft tapping the asteroid Ryugu: four seconds before touchdown (left), the moment of touchdown (center) and four seconds after touchdown (right).
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