Space probe fires bullet into asteroid
A Japanese space probe has successfully fired a "bullet" into an asteroid as part of a mission to collect rock samples from the celestial body.
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Japan to attempt robot landing on asteroid 186M miles away
Japan's space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 186.4 million-miles away from Earth next month.
Japanese spacecraft reaches diamond-shaped asteroid
A Japanese spacecraft has reached a diamond-shaped asteroid three years after setting off on its mission to learn about the origins of Earth.
