Image: Surface of Ryugu from MINERVA-II1 Rover-1A
Description: The very first photograph taken from a surface-operational spacecraft on an asteroid, taken by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) MINERVA-II-1 Rover-1A, one of three landing components of the Hayabusa2 asteroid orbital reconnaissance and sample return mission to 162173 Ryugu. The photograph was taken during the spacecraft's first "hop", following its successful landing minutes earlier.
Title: Surface of Ryugu from MINERVA-II1 Rover-1A
Credit: MINERVA-II1 Rover-1A Picture 2, The Bruce Murray Space Image Library
Author: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and University of Aizu
Usage Terms: Fair use of copyrighted material in the context of Hayabusa2
License: Fair use
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