Scientists await return of Japanese asteroid probe

Scientists await return of Japanese asteroid probe

Scientists await return of Japanese asteroid probe
Local Japanese News In English

A "welcome home" team of eager scientists is anxiously awaiting this month's return of a Japanese asteroid probe and its planned nosedive into Australia because - just maybe - it is toting a tiny, but prized, piece of space rock. If all goes well, the sample return capsule of Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft will parachute down on June 13 over a sparsely populated land within Woomera Test Range in South Australia. Blazing through the sky, the capsule's re-entry would be both a triumph of stick-to-it-ness and a tribute to scientific curiosity. (csmonitor.com)
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