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b'Japan\\u2019s Hayabusa2 is just 6 kilometers from asteroid Ryugu as it prepares to snatch samples of the space rock for return to Earth.\\xa0 Mission Project Manager Hitoshi Kuninaka joins us for a conversation about the spacecraft and what\\u2019s ahead.\\xa0 Then we hear from Hansj\\xf6rg Dittus of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) about the German/French lander called MASCOT that was carried to Ryugu by Hayabusa2. Emily Lakdawalla is the new editor of the Planetary Society\\u2019s distinguished magazine, The Planetary Report.\\xa0 Bruce Betts explains how to get the most out of a lunar eclipse and the closest Mars has come to Earth for many years.\\xa0 We also give you an extra week to enter the space trivia contest! Learn more at:\\xa0 \\xa0http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0725-2018-kuninaka-dittus-hayabusa2.html'