Vol. 2: June 3, 2018 Ion engine outbound operation finished!! (Jul. 27, 2020)

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Article: Completion of forward cruise ion engine operation http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20180604_e/

Vol. 1: First sighting of Ryugu! (Apr. 16, 2018)

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  The ONC (Optical Navigation Camera) on Hayabusa2 uses a CCD to take photographs (the same as your digital camera). CCDs sometimes record false signals, especially during long exposures, and cosmic rays (high energy radiation from space) can also cause a dot or line to appear. This is called ‘noise’. Although image processing is done to remove noise, sometimes faint noise will still remain.

Article: Hayabusa2 has detected Ryugu! http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/topics/20180301_e/

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