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March 2006 JAXA

Itokawa

180 million miles from Earth

Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft landed on the asteroid Itokawa twice, hoping to collect a sample to return to Earth. Itokawa is 2,000 x 400 feet (620 meters x 130 meters).


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