Japanese probe lands on asteroid again and apparently takes samples

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Asteroid Sample-return Spacecraft HAYABUSA Arrives Itokawa
A Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft successfully landed on a far-away asteroid Saturday for a second time and almost certainly collected the first-ever samples from such a celestial body, Japan's space agency said.


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