******************************UPDATE****************************** Touchdown, the crowd goes wild! Space Probe Returns After 7-Year Asteroid Voyage A Japanese space probe landed in the Australian outback on Monday after a 7-year voyage to an asteroid, lighting up the night sky and bringing what scientists hope is a rock sample, witnesses said. The Hayabusa probe blazed a spectacular trail as [...]
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