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Japan’s Hayabusa2 to observe asteroid Torifune during July flyby

JAXA also aims to test technology that could help alter the trajectory of an asteroid on a potential collision course with Earth. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday that its unmanned Hayabusa2 probe will observe asteroid Torifune at around at 6:30 p.m. on July 5 as the spacecraft makes a high-speed flyby. Since returning a capsule to Earth containing sand and o... [568 chars]

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