Japanese Space Probe May Be in Trouble (AP)
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In this artist rendering released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Hayabusa probe collects surface samples after landing on an asteroid. The Japanese space probe, Hayabusa, apparently succeeded in landing on the asteroid, Itokawa, - floating 290 million-kilometers (180 million-miles) from Earth - and collecting surface samples Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 in an unprecedented mission to bring the extraterrestrial material back to Earth for analysis, Japan's space agency, JAXA, said. (AP Photo/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, HO)
AP - A Japanese spacecraft showed signs of trouble Saturday after apparently landing on an asteroid and collecting surface samples in an unprecedented mission to bring the extraterrestrial material back to Earth, officials said. |
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