JAXA's Hayabusa 2 On H-IIA Rocket Launches

MINAMITANE, JAPAN - DECEMBER 03: (JAPAN OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this composite image made of eight different images photographed in two minute intervals, Hayabusa 2, a robotic spacecraft of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) aboard the H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 26 is seen transferred to the launch pad from the assembly building at the Tanegashima Space Center before the dawn on December 3, 2014 in Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan. The Hayabusa 2's mission is to travel approximately 5 billion kilometers over six years to acquire asteroid samples. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)