Blast-Off! Japan Launches Hayabusa2 Asteroid Mission | Video
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 00:00
in Astronomy & Space
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launced the probe on its long journey to asteroid 1999 JU3. It will rendezvous with the asteroid in mid-2018 and collect samples that will be returned to Earth in 2020. It launched aboard a unmanned H2