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MINERVA-II1: Successful image capture, landing on Ryugu and hop

162 points by janzer 8y ago

carlosdp 8y ago
That mid-hop picture looks so cool!
newnewpdro 8y ago
Site doesn't load for me, hugged to death? Anyone got a cache they can share? maybe throw the images up on imgur? Edit: Google cache link http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20180922e/ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://... Space.com article containing what appears to be at least some of the rover photos: https://www.space.com/41912-japanese-hopping-rovers-land-on-asteroid.html https://www.space.com/41912-japanese-hopping-rovers-land-on-...
practice9 8y ago
It's a triumph for Japanese and the rest of the world! Eagerly awaiting for more photos and results of the science experiments.
ape4 8y ago
Congrats Japan! The images look a bit like "2001: a Space Odyssey"
MiddleEndian 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu For those interested, this is the asteroid.
- the8472 8y ago
  No, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu
  - MiddleEndian 8y ago
    Well, shit. My bad.
    - stevew20 8y ago
      Off by one.
noobermin 8y ago
I'm surprised I haven't heard hype about this until I opened hacker news and learned about the historical feat after the fact. I guess even with all the globalization and such we in the West don't learn about space endeavors unless it's NASA or the ESA.
- dmix 8y ago
  I don't follow space news closely but I was well aware of this one. Japan has made a few widely spread headlines regarding its work with this asteroid. Wikipedia is also a great way to keep up to date with these big space projects: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Timeline_of_Solar_System_exploration#/2010s https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Timeline_of_Solar_System_explora... NASA's Insight rover is landing on Mars on Nov 26 2018 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/InSight https://www.wikiwand.com/en/InSight OSIRIS-REx will reach a different asteroid in December 2018: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/OSIRIS-REx https://www.wikiwand.com/en/OSIRIS-REx
- konart 8y ago
  My twitter was almost spammed with it.

162 points by janzer 8y ago

That mid-hop picture looks so cool!

Site doesn't load for me, hugged to death? Anyone got a cache they can share? maybe throw the images up on imgur? Edit: Google cache link http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20180922e/ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://... Space.com article containing what appears to be at least some of the rover photos: https://www.space.com/41912-japanese-hopping-rovers-land-on-asteroid.html https://www.space.com/41912-japanese-hopping-rovers-land-on-...

practice9 8y ago

It's a triumph for Japanese and the rest of the world! Eagerly awaiting for more photos and results of the science experiments.

ape4 8y ago

Congrats Japan! The images look a bit like "2001: a Space Odyssey"

MiddleEndian 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu For those interested, this is the asteroid.

the8472 8y ago
No, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu
- MiddleEndian 8y ago
  Well, shit. My bad.
  - stevew20 8y ago
    Off by one.

noobermin 8y ago

I'm surprised I haven't heard hype about this until I opened hacker news and learned about the historical feat after the fact. I guess even with all the globalization and such we in the West don't learn about space endeavors unless it's NASA or the ESA.

dmix 8y ago
I don't follow space news closely but I was well aware of this one. Japan has made a few widely spread headlines regarding its work with this asteroid. Wikipedia is also a great way to keep up to date with these big space projects: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Timeline_of_Solar_System_exploration#/2010s https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Timeline_of_Solar_System_explora... NASA's Insight rover is landing on Mars on Nov 26 2018 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/InSight https://www.wikiwand.com/en/InSight OSIRIS-REx will reach a different asteroid in December 2018: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/OSIRIS-REx https://www.wikiwand.com/en/OSIRIS-REx
konart 8y ago
My twitter was almost spammed with it.