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Hayabusa2's MINERVA-II rovers were the first to successfully hop on an asteroid surface.

  1. True - on Ryugu in 2018
  2. False - failed deployment
  3. True - on Itokawa in 2005
  4. False - wheeled not hopping

Answer: True - on Ryugu in 2018

MINERVA-II1A/B deployed Sep 2018 hopped across Ryugu's low-gravity surface using internal rotors, returning images and temperature data.

Topic Space Missions - Sample Return
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