Hayabusa2 capsule retrieved -NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Japan's space agency JAXA has retrieved a capsule released from its asteroid probe Hayabusa2.
Hayabusa2 released the capsule believed to contain sand samples from the remote asteroid Ryugu on Saturday Japan time.
The 5-billion-kilometer voyage to and from Ryugu that took six years has come to an end.
Hayabusa2 is now heading for another asteroid on a new mission. It is expected to arrive there in 11 years.