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AUSTRALIA-JAPAN-SPACE-ASTEROIDS
A handout photo taken on June 13, 2010, and released June 14 shows the capsule carried by the Hayabusa spacecraft burning up over South Australia on re-entry, leaving the heat-resistant pod to parachute back to land within the Woomera military zone. The Japanese space capsule which landed in the remote Australian Outback is set to be retrieved by scientists who are hoping it contains the first asteroid sample ever brought to earth. The capsule became the first to land on an asteroid and return to earth, ending an historic seven-year mission, officials said. The Hayabusa craft, which left earth in 2003, reached the potato-shaped Itokawa asteroid some two years later. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / NO COMMERCIAL USE AFP PHOTO/HO/JAXA
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Woomera, South Australia, AUSTRALIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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12 Iunie 2009 |
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3100 x 1744 (1.33 MB) |
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