Selene drops off first piggyback satellite
Japan's Selene moon probe, which entered lunar orbit on Oct. 4, jettisoned the first of its two 50-kilogram (110-pound) piggyback "daughter" satellites Oct. 8 as it settled down to business. The largest spacecraft to reach the moon since Apollo 17, the three-ton orbiter is set to separate the other...
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