Japanese Asteroid Sample Return Mission Nears Earth
TOKYO — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa’s asteroid sample return mission is on schedule to return to Earth June 13. Hayabusa has traveled about 2 billion km. (1.25 billion mi.) since its launch in May 2003. It reached the Itokawa asteroid in September 2005, successfully...
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