TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe on a mission to bring back the first rock samples from an asteroid is preparing to make a fresh attempt to land on its target, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officials said on Friday.
The officials said they plan to land the unmanned probe on the asteroid, nearly 300 million km from earth, shortly after 7:00 a.m. on Saturday (2200 GMT on Friday).
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