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Space probe returns to Earth from trip to asteroid (AP)

In this photo released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Hayabusa space probe, the first spacecraft to complete a round-trip journey to an asteroid,  and its capsule streak across the sky, from left to right, in southern Australia as they reenter the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)  -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY-- -- NO SALES--AP - A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday to recover a Japanese space capsule they hope contains the first-ever asteroid samples that could provide clues into the creation of the solar system.


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