100,000th Hayabusa capsule viewer

100,000th Hayabusa capsule viewer

TOKYO, Japan - Moe Nakajima, 11, (C) and her parents pose for photos in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2010, after she became the 100,000th viewer of a capsule taken back to Earth from the asteroid Itokawa by the Hayabusa unmanned space probe. The capsule has been exhibited in Kanagawa Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Tokyo since July. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, was examining particles found in a container in the capsule for asteroid surface samples.

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  • 2010/8/19 00:00:00
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