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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is near Earth carrying asteroid soil samples – The Press Stories

A Japanese spacecraft is approaching Earth and could provide clues about the origin of the solar system with soil samples and data from a distant

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A Japanese spacecraft is approaching Earth and could provide clues about the origin of the solar system with soil samples and data from a distant asteroid, a space agency official said Friday.
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is expected to leave the asteroid Ryuku, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) from Earth a year ago, reach Earth and drop a capsule containing precious samples into South Australia on December 6.
Scientists at the Japan Space Research Organization believe that samples…

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