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An image of a target marker dropped by Hayabusa to the surface of the asteroid with the spacecraft’s shadow cast upon the space rock.

Japan's Hayabusa Spacecraft Lands Successfully on Asteroid

By Chisaki Watanabe published

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's space agency said Wednesday its spacecraft had successfully touched down on an asteroid 180 million miles from Earth despite an earlier announcement that it had failed.