JAXA’S SPACE PROBE HAYABUSA2 COMPLETES ITS LAST ION ENGINE-POWERED MANEUVERS

Highlights –

• JAXA’s space probe Hayabusa2 completes its last ion engine-powered maneuvers.
• Hayabusa2 is scheduled to be drop off materials collected from asteroid Ryugu.
• The space probe is reported to have entered into the final phase of its fly-past of Earth.
• Ion engines use electricity to accelerate matter, giving them propulsive energy.

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