Asteroid Hunter Set To Return

The second and largest trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) for Japan’s Hayabusa asteroid explorer has been completed, keeping the seven-year-old spacecraft on target for a June 13 reentry into Earth’s atmosphere and parachute landing in Australia’s Woomera test range. TCM-2 was the third of five...

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