Japanese Hayabusa probe apparently lost in space
An AP newswire article, via USA Today, reports that:
Japan's space agency suffered another glitch in its mission to collect surface samples from an asteroid and return to Earth when a can-sized robot lander apparently became lost in space while attempting a practice touch down.
The rehearsal landing followed an earlier attempt that was aborted due to mechanical trouble, but the space agency said it is still targeting actual landings on the potato-shaped asteroid Itokawa on Nov. 19 and Nov. 25.
posted by Fergie @ 11/13/2005 09:06:00 AM
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