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Future Space Explorations by Japan

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Japan's interplanetary probe Nozomi arrives at Mars in 2004 in this artist's view.
Japan's four-stage, solid-fuel, M-5 rocket allows Japan to send probes away from Earth into deep space. The Asian nation plans to use the rocket to carry a flurry of new missions out there. And its H2a rocket allows Japan to send large payloads to Earth orbit.

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