Thursday, November 03, 2005

Check out the pic that goes with this caption,

here:
Japan's Hayabusa space probe has drawn closer to its celestial target: asteroid Itokawa. Spacecraft is being prepared for touchdown this month on the space rock, picking up specimens for return to Earth, and deploying a small lander that can hop from spot to spot on the asteroid. Image Credit: JAXA/ISAS

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