Hayabusa2 — spacecraft, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.
After delivering its Ryugu samples to Earth, JAXA’s Hayabusa2 sails onward to rendezvous with a fast-spinning 30-metre asteroid in 2031.
Cosmoscope draws Hayabusa2 on its real trajectory, from mission ephemeris rather than an artist's impression. Open the live 3D view to see where Hayabusa2 is right now, how far it has travelled from the Sun, and how long its radio signal takes to reach Earth. Scrub the timeline to replay the route that took it there.