Oct 3, 2018
TOKYO | Japanese spacecraft drops observation device onto asteroid
TOKYO | Japanese spacecraft drops observation device onto asteroid
TOKYO — A German-French observation device safely landed on an asteroid on Wednesday after a Japanese spacecraft released it as part of a research effort that could find clues to the origin of the solar system, Japanese space officials said.
The Japan Space Exploration Agencysaid the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, or MASCOT, was released from the unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa2 and successfully…
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