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Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research

by Mari Yamaguchi
| December 7, 2020 5:30 PM

TOKYO (AP) — A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples that was dropped from space by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and landed in the Australian Outback arrived Tuesday in Japan for research into the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.

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