Asteroid Probe Yields Insight For Planetary Defense

Following roughly two months of notable operations at asteroid Itokawa, Japan's Hayabusa probe is damaged goods. Hindered by thruster and gyroscope breakdowns, the spacecraft is under makeshift attitude control with engineers hoping to finesse the craft onto a homeward-bound trajectory back to Earth.

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