Japan's Hayabusa (Editorial: Dec. 5, 2005)
An editorial last week incorrectly stated that Japan's Hayabusa is the first interplanetary spacecraft to use ion propulsion. JAXA's spacecraft used ion propulsion to make a slow rendezvous with an asteroid, but other spacecraft have used ion thrusters for interplanetary travel. The initial honors...
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