Release of Hayabusa2 capsule

Release of Hayabusa2 capsule

Reporters wait to see a live broadcast of the release from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 space probe of a capsule containing two samples from the 4.6-billion-year-old Ryugu asteroid above Earth on Dec. 5, 2020, at JAXA's campus in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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