18-03-2019 10:18 via seattletimes.com

Japan to make crater on asteroid to get samples from inside

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency says its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will follow up last month’s touchdown on a distant asteroid with another risky mission — to drop an explosive to make a crater and collect underground samples to get possible clues to the origin of the solar system. Hayabusa2 successfully touched down on the boulder-rich […]
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