Hayabusa2 capsule lands in southern Australia

Hayabusa2 capsule lands in southern Australia

Shutaro Omura, minister at the Japanese Embassy in Australia, meets the press in Coober Pedy in the early hours of Dec. 6, 2020, as he visits the southern Australian town to see the landing of the capsule from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 space probe. The agency said the capsule landed in a desert in the town, carrying what scientists hope to be samples from the ancient Ryugu asteroid.

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