Japanese Probe Swings By Earth, Heads to Asteroid
Muses-C has successfully completed an Earth swingby to begin the final leg of its voyage for a rendezvous with the asteroid Itokawa (1998 SF36) in June 2005. The 1,100-lb. Japanese spacecraft was designed and built by NEC-Toshiba Space Corp. and uses four ion electric engines for propulsion. It...
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