Context for the MASCOT Lander on Hayabusa-2 — The MASCOT-CAM

A small lander, MASCOT, is being developed at DLR (German Aerospace Center), with contributions from CNES, for JAXA’s HAYABUSA-2 mission. MASCOT will carry a multispectral imager (MASCOT-Cam), provided by DLR’s Institute of Planetary Research.