In 2020, JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission returned to Earth with a sample from the C-type asteroid Ryugu.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by JAXA official press release, NASA, and major news outlets (BBC, Reuters). Well-documented mission with clear timeline and public tracking. [tier=silver indep_score=1.0 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- July 5: the day the world was due to end – Cosmos (seed:space_and_astronomy)
- https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-osiris-rex-japans-hayabusa2-samples-similarities-differences/ (corroboration)
- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55196054 (corroboration)