Japanese robots Hayabusa, MINERVA send surprising photos of asteroid Ryugu
New Delhi : After successful landing of JAXA's rovers on Asteroid's surface, the aerospace agency in Japan in receiving stunning images of asteroids. The Japanese scientists have created history by lifting off world's first asteroid exploration mission. The two robots have sent the first set of images that give us a glimpse into what the asteroid surface is like.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) shared the images on Twitter and grabing millions of eye-balls, globaly.
The MINERVA-II1 with two rovers was launched from Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe. The MINERVA-II1 landed on the surface of asteroid Ryugu.
According to JAXA's tweets, the robots are in a goood condition and moving on the surface.
One photo which has been taken right after the separation of the rover from the spacecraft shows the Hayabusa 2 on top and asteroid Ryugu's surface. A second photo taken clearly shows Ryugu with slightly rocky surface, according to an ANI
Experts say that the ultimate mission is to collect asteroid sample back to Earth in December 2020.
JAXA claims that rovers are collectively world's first mobile exploration robot to land on the surface of an asteroid.
AXA in a statement, claimed that a km-wide diamond-shaped space rock is rich in water and organic materials that would allow scientists to clarify interactions between the building blocks of Earth and the evolution of its oceans and life, thereby developing solar system science.
Interestingly, the robots are fitted with seven cameras and will rake stereo images of the asteroid's surface and are also equipped with temperature gauges, optical sensors, an accelerometer, and a set of gyroscopes.
