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(3)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - An M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid rises into the sky over the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.

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(2)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - An M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid blasts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.

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(1)Japan launches asteroid sampling probe

UCHINOURA, Japan - A Japanese M-5 rocket carrying the world's first space probe designed to retrieve surface samples from an asteroid blasts off from the Kagoshima Space Center in Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 9.