Here’s where the Hayabusa2 spacecraft will land on the asteroid Ryugu
The probe will visit the surface to collect dust to be examined back on Earth
![Ryugu](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/082318_lg_haybusa_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL The near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as seen on June 26, is small, diamond-shaped and covered in boulders. Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe will touch down on Ryugu’s surface for the first time in October.
JAXA, Univ. of Tokyo and collaborators