[ad_1] The spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) away, a year ago. The capsule will be released on Sunday 220,000 kilometers (136,700 miles) away in space and will land in a remote and sparsely populated area of Woomera, Australia. . [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] JAXA, the space agency, plans to drop the capsule containing the samples in a remote, sparsely populated area of Australia 220,000 kilometers (136,700 miles) away in space, a major challenge that requires precision control. The capsule, protected by a heat shield, will transform into a fireball upon re-entering the …
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