Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Probe Drops Off Bits of an Asteroid and Heads for Its Next Target

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Probe Drops Off Bits of an Asteroid and Heads for Its Next Target
By Alan Boyle

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe zoomed past Earth on December 5th and dropped off a capsule containing samples of an asteroid, finishing a six-year round trip. But the mission is far from over: While Hayabusa 2’s parachute-equipped sample capsule descended to the Australian Outback, its mothership set a new course for an encounter with yet another …

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December 6, 2020 at 01:28AM
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