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Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref., March 12 (Jiji Press) A capsule that brought sand to Earth from asteroid Ryugu was put on display at a museum in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Friday.
The capsule, brought back to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 unmanned asteroid probe in December last year, can be seen at the Sagamihara City Museum adjacent to the Sagamihara Campus of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, which operated the Hayabusa2.
“It’s very moving to be able to show (the capsule) at the place where the Hayabusa2 was created,” Yuichi Tsuda, manager of JAXA’s Hayabusa2 project said at a ceremony. “I want people to feel the reality and significance that the capsule actually came back from space to Earth.”