【Exhibition on Itokawa, Ryugu and Bennu】 National Museum of Nature and Science: Asteroid Sample Return Missions: From “Hayabusa” and “Hayabusa2”, and onto “MMX”(Dec 17, 2023 - Jan. 13, 2025)
The sample from the asteroid Itokawa brought back by the asteroid probe Hayabusa in June 2010, the sample from the asteroid Ryugu brought back by the asteroid probe Hayabusa2 in December 2020, and the sample from the asteroid Bennu brought back by NASA's asteroid probe OSIRIS-REx in September 2023 will be on display at the same time.
This is the first time in the world that all three returned samples obtained by an asteroid probe will be exhibited simultaneously to the public.
National Museum of Nature and Science Special Exhibition page (Japanese only): https://www.kahaku.go.jp/event/2024/12hayabusaMMX/
*Itokawa sample is on permanent display at the National Museum of Nature and Science.