宇宙交付——NASA收到小行星龙宫的样本

In this image, a Hayabusa2 sample canister containing sample fragments of the asteroid Ryugu was transferred from JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to NASA on Nov. 30, 2021.

在这张图片中，一个隼鸟2号内含龙宫小行星样本碎片的样品罐，于2021年11月30日从日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA）转移到NASA。

Scientists at ARES, the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at the Johnson Space Center were among those selected to study samples retrieved by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft and returned to Earth in late 2020. NASA received 23 millimeter-sized grains and 4 containers of even finer material from Ryugu – 10 percent of the total collected – from JAXA on Nov. 30.

约翰逊航天中心的天体材料研究和探索科学部门ARES的科学家被选中研究隼鸟2号航天器取回的样本，这些样本将于2020年底返回地球。11月30日，NASA从日本宇宙航空研究开发机构（JAXA）收到了23毫米大小的颗粒和和4个内含更精细的材料的容器，占收集到的总量的10%。

Image Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

影像来源：NASA/Robert Markowitz