Japan’s Second Hayabusa Asteroid Probe Launches

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its Hayabusa-2 asteroid explorer atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center on Dec. 3 at 1:22 p.m. Japan Standard Time. “The launch vehicle flew as planned, and at approximately one hour, 47 minutes and...

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