Japan's Hayabusa2 achieves first-ever laser ranging experiment with an asteroid - Phys.org
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Japan's Hayabusa2 achieves first-ever laser ranging experiment with an asteroid - Phys.org

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft reached another milestone this summer, a first for space agencies. On Sunday, July 5, the probe conducted the first successful laser-ranging experiment during a flyby of asteroid Torifune, t…