Japan launches Hayabusa2 space probe

Japan launches Hayabusa2 space probe

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Hitoshi Kuninaka, a professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, smiles in front of a model of the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Dec. 3, 2014, after an H-2A rocket carrying the probe was successfully launched. Kuninaka is in charge of the Hayabusa2 program in which the probe is set to travel to an asteroid 300 million kilometers from Earth to collect rock samples before returning in late 2020. (Kyodo)

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