Chisaki Watanabe Latest articles by Chisaki Watanabe Japan's Hayabusa Spacecraft Lands Successfully on Asteroid By Chisaki Watanabe published 23 November 05 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. Asteroids Get the Space.com NewsletterBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM SPACE...1SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from California2The precursors of life could form in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan3SpaceX launches 3rd batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper megaconstellation4Revenge of the Savage Planet is an 'upbeat, optimistic dystopia' that pulls no punches on our corporate overlords (interview)5The Perseid meteor shower kicks off summer 'shooting star' season this week. Here's how to see it
Japan's Hayabusa Spacecraft Lands Successfully on Asteroid By Chisaki Watanabe published 23 November 05 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.
