Hayabusa Set for June Return

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says its Hayabusa asteroid mission will touch down on June 13 in the Woomera test range in South Australia. Four course-correction maneuvers are set to align the 510-kg. spacecraft for reentry into Earth’s atmosphere and a subsequent parachute landing at...

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