Space probe Hayabusa unveiled to media

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese space probe Hayabusa capsule's outer shell is unveiled to the media at Sagamihara City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 29, 2010, a day ahead of the capsule's two-day public exhibition. Hayabusa returned from the asteroid Itokawa in June, making an unprecedented round trip to an astronomical body other than the moon.

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