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International December 7, 2020

First-ever asteroid samples return to Earth, Japan’s Hayabusa2 capsule lands in outback Australia

Flying over 3.2 billion miles on a 6-year mission, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency @JAXA_en returned to Earth on-time and…

By Jackie Allen

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International November 26, 2020

Japan’s capsule with Ryugu samples returns from 3.3 billion mile flight

Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 is headed back to Earth after 6 years, and 3.3 billion miles. The unmanned mission will drop…

By Jackie Allen

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