The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the probe on its long journey to asteroid 1999 JU3. It will rendezvous with the asteroid in mid-2018 and collect samples that will be returned to Earth in 2020. (Full Story)
It launched aboard an unmanned H2A rocket on December 2nd, 2014 (Dec. 3rd in Japan)
Credit: JAXA
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