New asteroid explorer

New asteroid explorer

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA, unveils a new asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2012.

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