TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese probe is readying itself to make a fresh and final attempt to land on the surface of an asteroid and pluck up rock samples, a delicate task officials on Friday said was like trying to land a jet in the Grand Canyon.
The space probe, called Hayabusa -- Japanese for "falcon" -- will make history if it successfully returns to earth with the world's first samples from an asteroid.
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