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Plastic Explosives Dropped On An Asteroid by Japan
In the early morning of April 5th, Japan's spacecraft "Hayabusa2" detonated plastic explosives that were carefully placed on the surface of an asteroid. The goal was not to annihilate the asteroid but rather to help the scientists to collect new data to further the study. The researchers watched it happen from the mission control center located in Sagamihara, Japan. As the Hayabusa2 carefully carried out the project they called the Small Carry-on Impactor, the researchers were quietly observing from the station, looking very happy about how it was slowly unfolding.
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