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With Time Running Out, Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Fails to Drop Target Marker on Asteroid

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Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe aborted an attempt to drop a highly reflective target marker on the surface of Ryugu in preparation for its second sample extraction mission. But with surface temperatures rising steadily on the asteroid, the probe is running out of time.

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