Japan's 1st lunar orbiter spacecraft on display

Japan's 1st lunar orbiter spacecraft on display

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Japan's first lunar orbiter Kaguya, scheduled to be launched Aug. 16 aboard an H-2A rocket, is on display at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on June 18. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the 3-ton, 5.5-meter-tall unmanned spacecraft will be used to collect scientific data to help scientists better understand about the origin of the moon and its transformational history. Among the scientific data to be observed during the orbiter's one-year mission include the moon's gravity, distribution of its magnetic field and the structure of the moon surface. (Kyodo)

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