Express Asteroid 1999JU3

Part nineteen figuring out the origin of this asteroid rotating between earth and mars.

Asteroid life as sampling from 1999JU3 it travels between mars and earth with Hayabusa two returning these for analysis. As it will observe the entire surface of the asteroid 1999JU3 using a variety of remote sensing instruments. The spacecraft will then release a small lander called Mascot and a rover named Minerva 2 on the asteroid's surface to explore the surface in more detail. As the Japanese scientists successfully test asteroid-blasting cannon that could reveal the origins of the universe. 
Japanese scientists said the launch of the space cannon will be next year. It will be flown on board the Hayabusa-2 vehicle towards the asteroid. The cannon will fire a 4lb metal projectile into the surface of the asteroid. Researchers hope to find organic material from the early solar system. A space cannon that will blast a hole into an asteroid to find out the origins of the universe has been tested by Japanese scientists. The device will be used to gather data about the composition of the asteroid, named 1999JU3, and help investigate how water and life were created on 'grand space cruiser' shares an orbit between earth and mars its unique. Shown here it about size of Germany approx in square kilometers a medium safe threat going forward its an important mission.  

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the successful test has paved the way for a launch of the space cannon as early as next year.  The space cannon will be flown on board the Hayabusa-2 vehicle (pictured) towards the asteroid, which orbits between 'Earth and Mars'. 

The successful test has paved the way for a launch of the cannon next year. The space cannon will be flown on board the Hayabusa-2 vehicle towards the asteroid, which orbits between Earth and Mars. Once it arrives at the asteroid in 2018. The Hayabusa 2 will observe the entire surface of the asteroid using a variety of remote-sensing instruments. Hayabusa means falcon in Japanese. Hayabusa 2 is a successor to JAXA's earlier asteroid explorer Hayabusa, which returned the first asteroid samples to Earth in June 2010. Hayabusa 2 is the third mission to land on an asteroid. Nasa's NEAR-Shoemaker mission was the first mission to touchdown on an asteroid seen here on space cruising view this full documentary Hayabusa soon.

Hayabusa 2 is the second asteroid sample-return mission. 
The space cannon will, following this initial analysis, detach itself and remotely fire a 4lb metal projectile into the surface of the 1999JU3 asteroid. A probe will then land and collect debris samples from the impact to bring back to Earth. Scientists are intrigued by asteroid 1999JU3 as it is thought to have been altered very little since the formation of the solar system. Japanese researchers hope to find water and organic material from the early solar system in the material collected. The space cannon will detach and remotely fire a 4lb metal projectile into the surface of the miniature planet. 

This data could shed light on how planets form and life arises. The asteroid is currently scheduled to be blasted in 2018 and the probe will make its back to Earth by the end of the decade. Hayabusa-2 is the second project from Japan to recover particles from deep space. It builds on the success of Hayabusa, which in gathered surface dust from an asteroid and returned to Earth in 2010. The asteroid is currently scheduled to be blasted in 2018 and the probe will make its back to Earth by the end of the decade. The data could shed light on how planets form and life arises.