Japan's spacecraft sends capsule with asteroid samples towards Earth
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully separated a capsule and sent it towards Earth to deliver samples from asteroid Ryugu. Hayabusa2 left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometres away, a year ago. The capsule is now descending to land in a remote, sparsely populated area of Woomera, Australia. Hayabusa2 spacecraft had launched six years ago from Earth.