Professor Shogo Tachibana of the University of Tokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science (UTOPS)visited the Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba, and gave special lectures to students studying Earth science.

During the sessions, he spoke about space science and the Hayabusa2 mission, and introduced research on samples returned from asteroid Ryugu. He also joined a career café session, where students interested in space science had the opportunity to discuss related topics and ask questions.