Japan space probe touches down on asteroid

By Kaori Kaneko and Malcolm Foster
Updated February 22 2019 - 3:01pm, first published 2:58pm
Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2 has touched down on an asteroid.
Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2 has touched down on an asteroid.

A Japanese space probe named after a falcon, Hayabusa 2, has touched down on an asteroid more than 300 million kilometres from Earth on a mission to seek clues about the origins of life, Japan's space agency says.

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