A capsule (EXPRESS: Experimental Re-entry Space System) was launched by ISAS M-3S-II-8 from the Kagoshima Space Center in Japan at 13:45 UT on Jan. 15, orbit the earth for five days, then re-entry around at 21 o'clock UT on Jan. 20 and land at Woomera, Australia. (Source: the Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 11 and 16) ------------------- Yoshiro Yamada | tel : +81-45-832-1166 Astronomy Section | fax : +81-45-832-1161 Yokohama Science Center | e-mail : yamada@ysc.go.jp 5-2-1 Yokodai Isogo-ku | Yokohama 235, JAPAN |