ESA station tracks Earth flyby mission

ESA station tracks Earth flyby mission Paris (ESA) Dec 04, 2015 - An ESA deep-space ground station will lend a helping ear as Japan's Hayabusa-2 asteroid mission visits Earth on Thursday. Hayabusa is on an audacious six-year journey to rendezvous with the 900 m-diameter asteroid Ryugu, deliver several landers, snatch a sample of material and then return to Earth in 2020. The high-tech craft will make an Earth flyby today, a year to the day after launch, ... more

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