Hayabusa Sample Retrieval On Course For June 13 Return

TOKYO ­— The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says its Hayabusa asteroid sample return spacecraft will now definitely land in Woomera in South Australia around midnight June 13, following a third trajectory correction maneuver on June 5. The return will cap off the seven-year mission, which...

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