The German Aerospace Center's (DLR) asteroid lander MASCOT began its journey to asteroid Ryugu (1999 JU 3) on 3 December 2014 aboard the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
The asteroid lander MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which was built by DLR in cooperation with the French space agency CNES, was launched in December 2014 and travelled in space for 3.5 years ...
Artwork: Mascot has a mechanism inside that means it can flip itself to a new location Japan's space agency (Jaxa) has put another lander on the surface of asteroid 162173, or Ryugu. The Hayabusa ...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) confirmed his support Tuesday for Louisiana State University (LSU) restarting its live tiger ...