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Season 4, Episode 11: Hitoshi Kuninaka: Never Say No to a Challenge
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In September 2018, Japan's space agency, JAXA, became the first to land a robotic explorer on an asteroid. The rovers were dispatched from the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 and are now gathering samples that are expected to shed light on the origin of the Solar System and the evolution of life. We'll be hearing all about this and more from Dr. Hitoshi Kuninaka, who developed the ion engine that allowed Hayabusa2 to travel 3.2 billion km in three and a half years to reach the asteroid Ryugu.
All Episodes - Season 4
Episode 1
Masahisa Kogure: Serving Both Sides of the Table
Episode 2
Yasunari Hiraki: Word by Word
Episode 3
Yachiyo Inoue: Tradition in Full Bloom
Episode 4
Kyoko Fukuchi: The Tsukiji Legacy
Episode 5
Kiyomi Mikuni: Japanese Cuisine at the Olympics
Episode 6
Yoshinori Kaneko: Bringing Back from Extinction
Episode 7
Yasuji Hirasawa: The Unheard Voices of Leprosy
Episode 8
Eiko Kadono: Weaving Magic with Words
Episode 9
Eiichi Saitoh: Resilience and Recovery Come in Pairs
Episode 10
Takafumi Tsuruta: Eliminating Borders through Fashion
Episode 11
Hitoshi Kuninaka: Never Say No to a Challenge
Episode 12
Chieko Kuribayashi: Saving Communities One Meal at a Time