Hayabusa Back In Action
Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft is back on track for a return to Earth after engineers were able to rig a working ion thruster by crossing the neutralizer of one failed engine with the thruster on another. The hybrid setup was tested Nov. 11 and put into operation the next day, according to the Japan...
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