Worrisome Trip Home For Hayabusa
The crippled Hayabusa probe is officially on its way back to Earth, but its journey will be uncertain. The spacecraft has only one of four ion-propulsion engines and one of three reaction-control wheels working properly. Faced with this challenge, Project Manager Junichiro Kawaguchi of the Japanese...
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