{"id":435482,"date":"2021-10-26T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/sample-of-asteroid-ryugu\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T13:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:46:00","slug":"sample-of-asteroid-ryugu","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/sample-of-asteroid-ryugu\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sample of Asteroid Ryugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A closer look at the first sample of asteroid Ryugu NASA received, which was returned to Earth last December by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency\u2019s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft. \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?resize=768,532 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?resize=1024,709 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?resize=400,277 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?resize=600,416 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?resize=900,623 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In June 2021, NASA received its first sample of asteroid Ryugu, which was returned to Earth in December 2020.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, NASA received its first sample of asteroid Ryugu, which was returned to Earth in December 2020 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/missions\/hayabusa\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayabusa2<\/a> spacecraft. This is one of the first samples to leave Japan for preliminary investigation. As deputy leader of the mineralogy-petrology subteam for the preliminary analysis effort, Mike Zolensky was one of the first scientists to examine the sample to determine its basic nature. Alongside Zolensky, Jangmi Han from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/astromaterials\">Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division<\/a>, and James Martinez of the Structural Engineering Division at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/johnson\/home\/index.html\">NASA’s Johnson Space Center<\/a> in Houston worked together to complete an investigation of the sample. Sample analyses were performed in the Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab in Johnson’s Structural Engineering Division. This was successfully completed within five days. Zolensky is one of a hundred investigators worldwide to receive a sample from JAXA. Preliminary sample analyses are continuing at Johnson. Studying carbonaceous asteroids like Ryugu could help scientists better understand how the solar system formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2021, NASA received its first sample of asteroid Ryugu, which was returned to Earth in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":218799,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"A Sample of Asteroid Ryugu","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/sample-of-asteroid-ryugu\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/sample-of-asteroid-ryugu\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg"},"articleSection":"General","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2021-10-26T13:46:00Z","datePublished":"2021-10-26T13:46:00Z","dateModified":"2021-10-26T13:46:00Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"A Sample of Asteroid Ryugu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/sample-of-asteroid-ryugu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2021-10-26T13:46:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"featured_image":{"id":218799,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jsc2021e022434.jpg","title":"A Sample of Asteroid Ryugu","alt":"A closer look at the first sample of asteroid Ryugu NASA received, which was returned to Earth last December by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency\u2019s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft. 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