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, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 312JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun 3'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is a love letter to the Space Age we always dreamed of4Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'5US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane launching Aug. 21 to test quantum sensor and laser-communications tech
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.
