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June 14,2010
Hayabusa Returns!
The Japanese (JAXA) mission to the sub-km NEA Itokawa made a spectacular return to Earth on June 13, landing on the Woomera test range in Australia. Read more...

May 17,2010
NASA Shifts Course Toward NEAs
NASA's future course for human space exploration has been subject to extensive debate ever since the Augustine Commission recommended a "flexible path" with "multiple destinations." The new approach was implemented in the President's proposed NASA budget for FY11, which would (if approved by Congress) substitute a NEA for the Moon as the next target for human exploration. Read more...
 
 
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