Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe began descending on Wednesday for its final touchdown on a distant asteroid, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system.
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https://phys.org/news/2019-07-japan-asteroid-probe-hayabusa2-touchdown.html