JAXA says Hayabusa is likely

JAXA says Hayabusa is likely to return to Earth in 2010 from the asteroid Itokawa three years late because the space agency will miss a deadline this month to begin the return trip. The spacecraft has been placed in a "rescue mode" while its attitude is stabilized. Hayabusa, crippled by inactive...

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