Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows its space probe "Hayabusa 2" to the press in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014. JAXA plans to launch the probe as early as this December on a mission to retrieve organic material from an asteroid.

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