Excellent Performance in the Touchdown 2 Operation of Hayabusa-2. Congratulations to all involved in JAXA / ISAS. It was great to see this live !

Nicely managed impact, and happy to know that H2 is safe. From the picture it appears that the impact was in the high latitudes. If a landslide occurs at these latitudes, in which direction does the flow happen, towards the pole or the equator? If a decent sized crater is made, is it expected that the exhumed material will have a noticeably different colour, perhaps less dark than the remaining surface? Another question, unconnected with the impact: do spectral data reveal that Otohime Saxum (hope I got the spelling right) has different compounds in its composition from the rest of the surface?

Congratulations on the touchdown, it seems it went off perfectly even if the target area was small.
Do we have some results from spectrometry on Hayabusa2 about composition of Ryugu?

Events are happening really fast on Ryugu! Congratulations.
Next we have the second sampling rehearsal.
I understand part of the rush is because Ryugu will be going behind the Sun next month.
I guess you would want to maximize the experiments completed by then.
Since Hayabusa2 will be invisible to us then, will it autonomously maintain the 20 km home position?
Are any observations planned then which will be relayed to Earth when communication resumes after several months?
Or does Hayabusa2 just maintain an uneventful watching brief until it comes back into our line of sight?

Nur wer kleine Dinge zu schätzen weiß, wird große Dinge erkennen.
Ein kleiner Asteroid im All, eine großartige Leistung für Wissenschaft.

Many thanks to JAXA and Hayabusa-2 team for the impressive, fascinating pictures of the Minerva-Rover 1A and B. Interesting pictures from the far distance of space for the people on Earth. Impressive miniaturized camera technology Made in Japan! Congratulationsfor these spectacular successes of Micha. I hop for more new scientific findings from Hayabusa - 2 !

Hey, I have just heard that your two Hopping Rovers successfully touched the surface!! Very cool, and fascinating, you guys are awesome!!
CONGRATS JAXA, you have given mankind another leap!!

Cheers from Philae, if it were alive, it would surely be cheering. From the bounces, what kind of hardness and temperature information are we getting? Is the surface of Ryugu as hard as that of 67p? Is the second hopper still transmitting from a stationary position? Please do tell us how often data is sent to Hayabusa2 and whether it is in order or has to be aggregated.

The Minerva hoppers seem to be very interesting, with an unparalleled level of autonomous control, that too on the surface of a small body. Looking forward to a completely new perspective on Ryugu.

Since the free fall went further than expected, is Ryugu less dense than expected?
Finding a landing place looks tough, it looks like the maneuverability capabilities of the landers are going to come in handy.
Best wishes.

"Who has been eating my dango?" asked Goldilocks.

Seriously, this is an astonishing find! Can a strike like this result in retrograde rotation?

Congratulations on reaching Ryugu! My two grandson's names are on your Hayabusa-2 spacecraft. Will their names be dropped off to remain on Ryugu, or return to Earth after their journey? Thanks for giving my grandsons a great introduction to space exploration, and a lot of excitement!
- Hal Lane

We are there ! Congratulations on reaching the home station. Now it will be an exciting time, greetings from Michael and his friends from Germany !

I learnt that like Hayabusa1 did for Itokawa, Hayabusa2 will not be in a gravitationally bound orbit of Ryugu but will maintain a parallel heliocentric orbit on its own propulsion.

On 27th or thereabouts does Hayabusa2 go into orbit around Ryugu? If so, would that be the smallest body around which a spacecraft has been in a bound orbit? I tried looking up information on Hayabusa1 and it does not appear to be the case that it was in orbit around Itokawa.

Sure it is rotating!
https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1007952313686769665

What is the albedo of the bright feature on the pole of Ryugu?

Congratulations and we are eagerly awaiting better pictures of the "dango" shape. Can Hayabusa2 detect whether Ryugu is rotating?

Congratulations to the team for ending the forward drive engine operation at Hayabusa - 2. Continue to good luck for the final approach phase at Ryugu. Now it will be very exciting ! Greetings Michael and his friends from Germany.

Hayabusa - 2 with Lander Mascot sets for the final sprint. All the best for the last 50000 km and a good arrival at the finish - asteroids Ryugu wish Michael and his friends from Germany !

Che scoperte, che avventure ci aspettano con Hayabusa2!!
Oltre i cieli dell’avventura viaggia senza paura, come un raggio che ha il coraggio di lasciare il sole dietro se,
per una missione eccezionale sulle strade della scienza.
Tu sai chi vedrai laggiù, più in là del cielo blu, vai e non fermarti mai finché non troverai.
Allacciamo le cinture, viaggiando s'impara!!

Meilleurs voeux pour un voyage réussi! De vos partisans au Canada.

Bravo et merci !

Good Luck for brave robot! I'm Drago Dragovic, engineer from Serbia. I couldn't wait next news. I feel if the robot is healthy success is guaranteed. GO JAXA!

하야부사2 의 성공적 도착과 크나큰 과학 정보를 기대합니다 !
Hayabusa2's so nearest fly-by of the Earth is one of the best beautiful journey ! Best wishes from Seoul.
(Although I'm not an astronomist nor a physicist, I sometimes dream to land on Ryugu asteroid with Hayabusa II. I'm a pediatrician, that's why I dream like a baby?)

Russian scientists wish you good luck, guys!

We hope ion engines will not fail this time!

Love your fly-by of the Earth!! Good luck Hayabusa2!!
Best wishes from Virginia, USA

Wishing you all great success on your journey! Hyabusa 2 and the JAEA team.

Good Job Hayabusa 2 and JAXA! this is an awesome and exciting mission you are doing, and I wish you all the luck and success.

shalom and greetings from Israel,

Elyasaf

Boa Sorte, que este projecto nos traga informações valiosas em prol do futuro da humanidade.
Salvé

Azoia - Leiria - Portugal

Best of luck to Hayabusa. Hope JAXA becomes a key player in an international consortium of manned space exploration sometimes in the future

boooyeahhh

May the Force be with you!!! Use the force Hayabusa2!!! :);)L)
Good luck and prayers for a successful mission!!! @--(@)--@
Turn off the cameras and use your third eye. All will be revealed.

Good Luck, I wish the best for hayabusa2 and JAXA

Following from Brazil

Ganbare Hayabusa ! Good luck !
<3 from Tokyo

welcome to your home hayabusa2 waiting all the best for jaxa

Felicitaciones,,, gran expedición para explorar y explicarnos los misterios del espacio.Jaxa no hito gambatte kudasai!!!
Omedeto gozamos!!!

We, friends from India wishes you the grand success of the spacecraft.We are sure it will help to open the door of asteroid vision.It will also help to understand us the solar system more deeply.

Divyadarshan D.Purohit
Gurudev Observatory,
Vadodara
India
http://www.gurudevobservatory.co.in/

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best of luck on gravity assist from constanta romania

Best of luck! Bring me back a bit of Ryugu rock, and take some more of those fantastic Earth photos!

What a great photo of Earth! Best of luck on the gravity assist. From Oxford, England

Hi their guys. This is Andre from Jeffreys Bay in South Africa.When i was a young guy I always thought about space as an unreachable mysterious place.You guys are in the process of changing that thoughts of mine as a young guy about space to something that is within the reach of us as earthly humans and a place of emense interest,
Thanks for your emense effort and I shall be following your progress with great interest.

amazing, good luck. It's a great mission. Bona sort!.

Fly high little dude! Bring me back some of that tasty space rock. You can land in my back yard if you need a place to park.

Good luck to all on the 3rd.

Best of luck to Hayabusa2 and the experts at JAXA for a successful launch and swing-by maneuver. Everything's going to go great!

Best of luck on the manoeuvre and really incredible mission. Will be following progress over the next few years. :-)

i wish you great success, this is an exciting mission!

Rock on and bring some of it back LOL ! good luck/ cool

have a safe trip bring home the bacon

Thank you for sharing this fantastic journey. We are on your wings. Let us dream. Good luck !
From Grenoble, France

Never again will our Mascot be so close to us. We will stand-by, look up and will give a wave in farewell. Take on your journey, sit tight and be patient. Your big moment will come!

Fly on Hayabusa 2! Best wishes from Europe.
And I am sure Rosetta and Philae will wave at you on your journey's last hop.
(another Michael from Germany)

Time on the web page is presented as 2015/12/03 19:07 JST which is 2015/12/03 10:07 UTC.

はやぶさ2頑張れ！人類の希望は君にかかってるよ！
一歩一歩確実に安全に進んで行ってね。
これからもずっと応援していきます。

All good wishes for the Swing - by manoeuvre on the 3rd December. It will bring Hayabusa-2 with his Lander Mascot and both Minerva on the exact way to the Ryugu asteroid. My name and my message accompany this impressive mission. I wish a lot of success for Hayabusa-2 and JAXA , greets Michael from Germany.

I love the great mission of Hayabusa 2!
Stop whaling would also be great.

Die Gedanken werden bei Dir sein, Hayabusa 2, im Dezember 2015.
Ich drücke Dir die Daumen !!

Don't stop exploring space, Hayabusa-kun.

Another great expedition to explore space's mysteries! Good Luck Hayabusa2!!
Good Job JAXA, Ganbatte!
Greetings from Turkey

行ってらっしゃい！！
今度は、無事に帰って来る事を…。
旅の安全を祈ります。

Let your aim be true, Hayabusa2! Ryugu awaits for you! Good luck Hayabusa2 and JAXA.

Here's hoping that Hayabusa 2 does not suffer the trials and tribulations endured by Hayabusa. We look forward to welcoming the return capsule and its precious samples to Australia in due course.

Recently, in everyday night, I go to sleep hoping to dream "if I could fly with Hayabusa2.....". Sometimes it success.

Best luck and best results from Hayabusa2 !

하야부사의 멋진 성공을 간절히 바랍니다.

God Speed Hayabusa-2 and I await your return with treasures of knowledge! Wish I was riding on you!

Excellent Job JAXA And Union Country In This Work.

HAYABUSA2 Ganbatte aus Österreich!

Congratulations on the successful launch and good luck for the mission.
Best wishes from the entire MASCOT-OBC team at DSI, Bremen, Germany.

Congrats for a successful launch! Lets continue taking humanity to a higher level!

打ち上げ成功おめでとう！！！全てのミッションを完遂して無事に戻ってくることを願っています。

That was a great start so: Best wishes and a safe journey!

Congratulations to the Hayabusa Teams !
We shall follow you and support you in this great new venture !

打ち上げ成功、おめでとう！2020期待して待ってます！

Best of luck, Hayabusa2! We're all looking forward to hearing from you in 2018.
Take good care of MASCOT!

Greetings from germany. :)

The falconer will JAXA launched you! Go Hayabusa 2 and capture the prey. Good hunting. (or Italian in the mouth of the wolf).

怪我をしないで元気で帰ってきてね。今の僕の歳は76、君にまた会えるときは82歳になってる。待ってるぞ。

Congratulations to all mission and project unknowns who's hard work and expertise have made this possible to this point. I wish i could be part of it in some way, but, im still excited non the less. Take care everyone, God Bless and early Merry Christmas to all from Barry in Saskatchwan Canada

Congratulations! I'm happy to see that you're off to a good start!

Well done all those people that made this possible.

I'm super excited for this ambitious project and I wish you guys all the best.
Towards the future, Hayabusa2!
Wishes from Singapore

Good luck Hayabusa 2, and congratulations JAXA! Best wishes from Stavanger, Norway

Congratulations Hyabusa 2. Have a successful journey. Looking forward to the information we will get from you.

Congratulations JAXA. and safe journey HAYABUSA2.
I will be following you from Portugal.

おめでとうございます！
とてもワクワクしています。
日本にいつも夢を与えてくれて有り難うございます。
地道な研究者さん達の努力に頭が下がります。

お身体に気をつけてください。
科学だって人を感動させることができる。
そう気付かされるような結果を期待してます。

Congrats & All the best for further Journey From India....!!!!

打ち上げライブでうるうるしてしまいました。
任務遂行と無事の帰還を祈ります。

打ち上げ成功おめでとう！！　きれいです！

Good Luck Hayabusa2 from New York, United States!

Congratulations on the successful launch from all of us at Planetary Resources! We look forward to the scientific results it will return from 1999 JU3 and the samples it will return to Earth!

We are looking forward for upper stage seperation. Awesome flight so far! :-) HY-2, carry our MASCOT nicely!

Good luck! And a good traveling throw Space.

Launch looked flawless!, great job JAXA and we wish you the best of luck on the rest of the mission! ┌(;￣◇￣)┘Go Hayabusa!!!! o(^_^)o

２回も延期になってドキドキしたけど、ひとまずH2-A打上げ成功おめでとう！
はやぶさ２君、いよいよ出番がきましたね♪
応援してますよ！この先ミッションンが順調に進み、地球帰還までずーっとずーっと応援してま～す。

Congratulations JAXA on the launch from the U.S.. Thank you for your commitment to space and science. Go Hayabusa 2!

Beautiful launch thus far! From the US, GO HAYBUSA 2! Go JAXA!

Go Hayabusa 2 - and Good luck from Colombia!

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Congratulations on a successful launch! Go Hayabusa 2 and JAXA!

Congratulations for a flawless launch, and greetings from Houston, Texas, USA