Hayabusa2 is getting close to home with its samples

It’s been a long time since we talked about the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2. About a year ago, Hayabusa2 landed on the asteroid Ryugu about 180 million miles away from Earth. The spacecraft is now very close to returning home with samples for further analysis. Hayabusa2 is expected to return to Earth on December 6, landing in southern Australia. The samples …