Tag: Tanegashima Space Center

  • Launch of Japanese asteroid probe delayed

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    Japanese technicians attach the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft on top of its H-2A launcher. Credit: JAXA Poor weather at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan has grounded until at least Wednesday the launch of a $300 million robotic mission to fly to an asteroid, pick up samples and return them to Earth. The launch was supposed…