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MINERVA

space lander
Also known as: MIcro/Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid

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Hayabusa spacecraft mission

  • asteroid distribution between Mars and Jupiter
    In asteroid: Spacecraft exploration

    …rover, it carried three: the MINERVA-II1 rovers 1A and 1B and MINERVA-II2 rover 2. It also had a small lander, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), which had been developed by the German and French space programs. Hayabusa2 arrived at Ryugu on June 27, 2018. Rovers 1A and 1B landed on…

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  • In Hayabusa: The first Hayabusa

    …carried a small robot called MINERVA (MIcro/Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid) that was designed to move across Itokawa’s surface by hopping from place to place.

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