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Saturday, December 06, 2014
Japan Launches Asteroid Mission
Source - NASA Science News for Dec. 4, 2014
On Dec. 3, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its Hayabusa2 mission to rendezvous with an asteroid, land a small probe plus three mini rovers on its surface, and then return samples to Earth. NASA and JAXA are cooperating on the science of the mission.
The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/04dec_hayabusa2/
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Rain and Snow Satellite Set to Launch
Source - NASA Science News for Feb. 26, 2014
NASA and JAXA are about to launch a new satellite that can see through storms, tracking rain and snow around the globe better than any previous observatory. The Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory is scheduled to lift off
from Japan on Feb. 27th.
The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/
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