Hayabusa2 and the University of Aizu Topics Archive List
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March 07,2019★ Real time delivery from this operation has been finished★ Navigation Images from the DO-S01 operation
March 07,2019 The Descent Observation (DO-S01)
March 05,2019 "Hayabusa2" CAM-H has successfully Imaged during the touchdown * JAXA web release
February 25,2019 Image from just after touchdown * JAXA web release
February 21,2019 TD1-L08E1 operation schedule
February 21,2019 Real time delivery from this operation has been finished.Thanak you for watching!
February 21,2019 The touchdown site
February 20,2019 Images from the BOX-B operation in January 2019
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
February 18,2019 Shooting bullets into Ryugu!
February 01,2019 Correction to the name of the MINERVA-Ⅱ1 landing site.
January 21,2019 Locations on the surface of Ryugu have been namaed! * JAXA web release
January 16,2019 Mission Manager Yoshikawa selected for "Nature's 10" in 2018
January 23,2019 Our winners for the "Imagining Ryugu" competition
December 25,2018 Spacecraft orbit during solar conjunction
December 21,2018 Astrodynamics and the Gravity Measurement Descent Operation
December 13,2018 Naming our MINERVA-Ⅱ1 rovers
October 30,2018 Small Monitor Camera captures 'cool' images! * JAXA web release
October 26,2018 Sequential images captured during Ryugu approach operation
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
October 26,2018 The highest resolution image of Ryugu(Resolution update :the highest resolution image to date）* JAXA web release
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
October 25,2018 Deployment of Hayabusa2's Target Markers on Ryugu *JAXA web release
October 25,2018 Special session and press conferance on Hayabusa2 to be held at DPS
October 24,2018 TD1-R3 Operation Schedule
October 14,2018 TD1-R1-A Oprtation Schedule
October 14,2018 Schedule change for the touchdown oparation * JAXA web release
October 12,2018 Press Release on MASCOT Miniature Lander
October 5,2018 MASCOT deployment successfully imaged! * JAXA web release
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
October 3,2018 Information on the MASCOT Lander
October 2,2018 MASCOT Miniature Lander
October 2,2018 MASCOT Deployment Operation Schedule
October 2,2018 Deployment Status of MASCOT, the Miniature Rover on Hayabusa2 * JAXA web release
September 27,2018 Ryugu surface imaged at highest resolution so far * JAXA web release
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
September 27,2018 Second round of images from MINERVA-II1 released! * JAXA web release
September 27,2018 Confirmation of landing candidate sites from the rehearsal operation
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
September 27,2018 Images of Ryugu photographed during BOX-B operation
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
September 22,2018 MINERVA-II1 successfully captures image of, lands on, and hops on Ryugu!
The solar cells that power the spacecraft and the frame used to mount them was provided by a team from the UoA and UoA professor H.Demura.
September 20,2018 MINERVA-II1 for deployment operation schedule
September 19,2018 MINERVA-II1 miniature exploration rover
September 15,2018 The spacecraft's shadow and the opposition effect * JAXA web release
September 12,2018 Results of Touchdown 1 Rehearsal 1 (TD1-R1)
September 11,2018 Schedule for Touchdown 1 Rehearsal 1 (TD1-R1)
September 5,2018(JPN) Sampler horn captured by a miniature monitor camera
August 31, 2018(JPN) One month's results from the Hayabusa2 laser
August 31, 2018 Thermography of Ryugu by TIR
August 31, 2018 A massive rock mass on the surface of asteroid Ryugu
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
August 31, 2018 Image of Ryugu photographed during BOX-C operation * JAXA web release
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
August 29, 2018 The candidate landing spots have been determined! * JAXA web release
August 7, 2018 Ryugu imaged from an altitude 1 km
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
August 2, 2018 Press Conference for "Hayabusa2" ※ Fan! Fun! JAXA! (JAXA TV)(JPN)
UoA professors N.Hirata and K. Kitazato took to the podium at the briefing to explain the "Pole and Shape Models of Ryugu" and the "Initial results of NIRS3 (Near InfraRed Spectrometer)" as each project's respective principal investigator.
August 2, 2018 UoA professor H. Demura will give a special lecture entitled "Hayabusa, Hayabusa2, and the University of Aizu"(JPN) at the Open Campus 2018(Saturday, August 11)
July 31,2018 High resolution stereoscopic image of Ryugu * JAXA web release
July 25,2018 Ryugu imaged from an altitude of 6 km * JAXA web release
July 19,2018 Press Conference for Hyabusa2 * Fan! Fun! JAXA! (JAXA TV)(JPN)
July 11,2018 "Initial version of a shape model of Ryugu completed" * JAXA web release
This shape model was provided to the Hayabusa2 project by a task team led by UoA professor N.Hirata.
July 11,2018 "View of Ryugu from home position" * JAXA web release
UoA professor C.Honda developed/operated the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic "ONC-T" used to take this image (Imaged on June 30 at a distance of 20 km).
July 10,2018 "This is Ryugu - A 3D Overview" * JAXA web release
UoA professor C.Honda developed/operated the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic "ONC-T" that took the image (Imaged on June 30 at a distance of 20 km) used to create this 3D image. Please view it with red and blue 3D glasses.
July 6.2018 "Hayabusa2" * FUKUSHIMA MINPO Co.Ltd published
July 4,2018 "Stereo image of asteroid ryugu by Dr.Brian May"
UoA professor C.Honda developed/operated the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic "ONC-T" that took the image used to create this stereo image. Please see view it with red and blue 3D glasses.
June 29,2018 "Hayabusa2 arrives at Ryugu at 9:35 am (JST) on June 27,2018 ! "
Images taken on June 26 with the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic"ONC-T" developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda have been published.
June 28.2018 "Hayabusa2" supported by UoA's technical prowess arrives at asteroid Ryugu * Fukushima Television pubulished
June 28.2018 "Hayabusa2 arrived at asteroid, delighting UoA team that cooperated with its development" * THE FUKUSHIMA MINYU SHINBUN published
June 27,2018(JPN) Statement on the arrival success of "Asteroid Ryugu (162173 Ryugu) of the Japan Planetary Science Association "Hayabusa 2""
Currently there are eight regular members of the JPSA on the University of Aizu staff. We are participating in deep space exploration including Hayabusa2 with our students. Every day, I am working on planetary and lunar information science.
June 27,2018 On June 27,2018 10:45 [Announcement] Hayabusa2 finally arrived at its destination asteroid Ryugu * JAXA press release
June 27,2018 Hayabusa2 finally arrived at its destination asteroid Ryugu *JAXA web release
June 26,2018 "First distance measurements made with LIDAR laser altimeter!" *National Astronomical Observatory of Japan RISE Project Office Twitter account(JPN)
Hayabusa2's laser altimeter, which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor N. Hirata, has made its first laser altimetry measurements of asteroid Ryugu. NAOJ Associate professor K. Matsumoto (photo far right) instructs a course at the UoA's graduate school in accordance with the educational collaboration agreement between the NAOJ and the UoA.
June 25,2018 "Ryugu seen from a distance of about 40 km" * JAXA web release
June 21,2018 "Ryugu seen from a distance of 220 - 100 km" * JAXA web release
June 19,2018 "Ryugu seen from a distance of 330 - 240 km" * JAXA web release
June 16,2018 "Ryugu's rotation seen from a distance of about 700 km" * JAXA web release
June 14,2018 "Ryugu seen from a distance of 920 km" * JAXA web release
June 11,2018 "Ryugu seen from a distance of 1500 km"
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
June 8,2018 "LIDAR turned on for the first time in two years"
This article details the situation around the laser altimeter,which was developed and operated in part by Senior Associate UoA professor N.Hirata.
June 7,2018 "Ryugu seen from a distance of 2600 km" * JAXA web release(JPN)
The deployment was captured with the optical navigation camera ONC which was developed and operated in part by UoA professor C.Honda.
June 1,2018(JPN) "Summary of the 10th planetary Exploration Data Analysis Training session "
Demura et al. (2018) Japan Planetary Science Journal Planetary Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 99 - 102
This summary was co-authored by UoA professor H.Demura, Senior Associate professors N.Hirata, and Y.Ogawa, N.Yusuke.
*Training Session homepage(JPN)
March 19,2018 "ARC-Space's software release has started"
The Software released by ARC-Space included HARMONICS, a tool for visualizing the field of view of observational instruments and the position of space probes,as well as AiGIS, a three dimensional information system for small irregulaly shaped astronomical objects.
September 1,2017(JPN) "On the Successor of Hayabusa Part 13 - LSS Training: Understand the Characteristics of an Asteroids and Narrow the Sampling Points in Just One Month"
Ishihara et al. (2017) Yu-sei-jin. Journal of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science vol.26, no.4 pp.139-143
This paper was co-authored by UoA professors N.Hirata, and K.Kitazato.
March 1,2017(JPN) "On the Successor of Hayabusa Part 12 - Examining the Shape of Asteroids"
Hirata et al. (2017) Yu-sei-jin. Journal of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science vol.26, no.3 pp.97-104
This paper was authored UoA Senior Associate professor N.Hirata, representative of the shape modeling team.
September 1,2016(JPN) "On the Successor of Hayabusa Part 11 Exploring the Internal Structure of Asteroids"
Namiki et al. (2016) Yu-sei-jin. Journal of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science vol.25, no.3 pp. 108-114
UoA Gradate School Specially Appointed professer N.Namiki and Senior Associate professor N.Hirata were co-authors on this paper.
July 4,2016(JPN) "From Aizu to Space"
Demura (2016) Course of Fukushima pp.57 - 61
The end of this article includes messages of support from the "Hayabusa" and "Hayabusa2" projects.
June 1,2016(JPN) "Planet Hyakkei-My Favorite Topography "Part 4:Asteroid 25143 Itokawa"
Demura (2016) Yu-sei-jin. Journal of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science vol.27, no.2, pp. 99-102
In the article UoA professor H.Demura, who was in charge of shape modeling on the first Hayabusa project. discusses the shape of the asteroid Itokawa.
December 1,2015(JPN) "Summary of the 8th planetary Exploration Data Analysis Training Session"
Honda et al. (2015), Yu-sei-jin. Journal of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 348-350
UoA professor C.Honda, N.Hirata, H.Demura, Y.Ogawa, K.Kitazato were co-authors of this summary.
*Homepage of the Training Session(JPN)
*Homepage of the joint international host international WS page