Japanese spacecraft’s gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal
They resemble small fragments of charcoal, but the soil samples collected from an asteroid and returned to Earth by a
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Solar system
Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research
The Japanese space agency says a small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from space by the Hayabusa2
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Japan awaits spacecraft return with asteroid soil samples
Japan’s space agency says its final checks confirmed the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on track to return to Earth a capsule
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Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home
A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data
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