Monday, June 14, 2010

Scientists retrieve capsule, seeking asteroid dust
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:21:51 GMT ]

In this long exposure photo, the first spacecraft to complete a round-trip journey to an asteroid, and its capsule streak across the sky, from left to right, near Glendambo in southern Australia as they reenter the Earth's atmosphere late Sunday, June 13.A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system.


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