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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

27 June 2018

A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth
Two satellites scrambling into orbit after launch went wrong

Two satellites scrambling into orbit after launch went wrong

31 January 2018

The two satellites are moving themselves into orbit after the rocket carrying them lost contact with Earth, causing it to offload them in the wrong place

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