JAXA Sets Nov. 30 For Hayabusa 2 Launch

HOUSTON — Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission, a second effort by the Asian space power to gather samples from a near-Earth asteroid, is scheduled for a Nov. 30 launch at 1:24 p.m. Japan Standard Time atop an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced...

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