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Japanese probe - Hayabusa had touched down on asteroid itokawa afterall
Japanese probe - Hayabusa had touched down on asteroid itokawa afterall
A Japanese spacecraft successfully touched down on an asteroid as part of a landmark mission but failed to drop equipment to collect samples, Japan's space agency said Wednesday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) had previously said that the attempted landing on Sunday failed after the Hayabusa space probe suffered a glitch and was unable to confirm its altitude. However, the agency said in an update that the spacecraft in fact managed to touch down on the bean-shaped Itokawa asteroid located 290 million kilometers (180 million miles) from Earth for about 30 minutes, Kyodo News reported. It was the first landing by a Japanese space vehicle on an astronomic object, the agency said. JAXA will decide Thursday whether to make a second attempt to land Hayabusa. Although the body of the probe has not suffered any major damage, some of its censors need to be checked, the agency said. Clear Skies & Happy Planet Hunting ! Alay Pankaj Jhaveri, Astronomer H.O: B-23,Satellite Apartments,Jodhpur Road,Ahmedabad-380015,Gujarat,India. Tel: 91-79-50040855, 91-9376110855 |
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