Probe Successfully Lands on Asteroid
From Times Wire Reports
A Japanese space probe successfully landed and then departed from the surface of an asteroid 180 million miles from Earth, despite an initial announcement that the attempt had failed, Japan’s space agency said.
JAXA Associate Executive Director Yasunori Matogawa said it was the first time that a probe had successfully landed on an asteroid and then taken off.
JAXA officials said, however, that the Hayabusa probe failed to collect material from the surface.
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