This is not a video game! Awesome work by the Japanese.
SYDNEY (AFP) – A tiny heatproof capsule which scientists hope contains some of the oldest dust in the universe will streak back to Earth and land in the Australian desert Sunday, ending a historic space mission.
Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft is due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere shortly before midnight (1400 GMT), completing a seven-year, five-billion-kilometre (three-billion-mile) journey to an ancient far-flung asteroid.
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6/13/10
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Japan probe returns to Earth after asteroid landing!
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