Japan launches Hayabusa2 space probe

Japan launches Hayabusa2 space probe

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2014, shows the launch of an H-2A rocket carrying the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The probe will travel to an asteroid 300 million kilometers from Earth to reach it in 2018 and collect rock samples before returning to Earth in 2020.

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