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Satoshi Tanaka

Satoshi Tanaka

JAXA mission team member, Hayabusa2 extended mission

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Hayabusa2 threads a close pass by asteroid Torifune

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Presented the flyby plan to international peers

On July 5, 2026, a Japanese spacecraft flew about 1 kilometer past an asteroid the size of a skyscraper, moving at roughly 5 kilometers per second. JAXA confirmed Hayabusa2 pulled off the pass and gathered data on 98943 Torifune, a 450-meter rock no probe had ever visited.

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