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LA FRANCE PRESENTE AUX COTES DU JAPON DANS LES...

HAYABUSA2 MISSION, SAMPLES FROM ASTEROID RYUGU...

France-Japan space cooperation, signature of two...

Video: explosive sampling on Ryugu

Hayabusa-2 succeeded its first rock sampling on the asteroïd’s surface.

France-Japan space cooperation, Hayabusa2...

Hayabusa2/MASCOT - mission MASCOT lands...

After its release from Hayabusa2 today just before 04:00 and a short free-fall descent at an estimated speed of 15 cm/s, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid surface SCOuT) successfully landed...

Hayabusa2/MASCOT mission: MASCOT lander...

Tuesday 2 October, the Hayabusa2 probe descended from its reference orbit 20 kilometres above asteroid Ryugu to position itself just 55 metres from the surface.

CNES in Bremen for 69th IAC

The 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the annual rendezvous of the international space community, is being held in Bremen from Monday 1 to Friday 5 October,...

Mascot prepared from the ground

Between 6 and 14 July, the CNES and DLR teams worked on the Mascot instrument preparation from the Mascot control centre at the DLR in Cologne.

MA-9: MASCOT’s landing site on asteroid Ryugu

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced today near Tokyo the three landing sites selected for the Hayabusa2 mission, whose small French-German MASCOT surface scout...

Three landing sites selected for Hayabusa2...

Choosing landing site for MASCOT proves “a real...

At CNES in Toulouse, the scientists and engineers working on the Hayabusa2/MASCOT mission have finished identifying and ranking 10 possible landing sites for MASCOT on Ryugu. No...

Exploration of asteroid Ryugu by Hayabusa2 -...

Intense sequence for CNES, DLR and JAXA -...

The Japanese Hayabusa2 space probe has reached the end of its 3.2-billion-kilometre journey with its passenger, the French-German MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout) lander....

The Hayabusa2 probe arrived around Ryugu

After 3.5 years of travel, the Japanese mission arrived 20 km from the asteroid Ryugu. CNES is taking part in the adventure with the little robot Mascot who will analyse its...

Press Release: Prime Minister’s state visit to...

During his official state visit to Japan, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was accompanied by a delegation of top company officials, led by CNES President and chair of the...

Hayabusa 2 mission goes towards... Ryugu asteroid

Don't call it 1999 JU3 anymore. It's official, the asteroid targeted by Hayabusa 2 mission is now named Ryugu.

Mascot lander is in perfect health

All the scheduled operations for the commissioning test went nominally