Hayabusa recognized as 1st spacecraft to lift off from asteroid

OSAKA, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (R), a professor and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency manager of the Hayabusa asteroid probe project, and Masaharu Nakagawa, science and technology miister, attend a ceremony to celebrate the Guinness World Records recognition of the Hayabusa project in Kyoto on Dec. 17, 2011. Hayabusa has been recognized as the first spacecraft to lift off from an asteroid.

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